Our communities pulse with untapped potential — residents' creativity, neighborhood wisdom, nonprofit dedication, and business innovation. Yet these abundant gifts often remain disconnected, leaving critical challenges unaddressed.
Together, we can change this.
Flourishing neighborhoods and communities that are empowered to co-create their futures.
Co-create new futures by facilitating human-centered innovation programs with residents and cross-sector partners.
We believe in three core principles to drive meaningful community impact:
The neighborhood is the fundamental unit of community change
The greatest potential emerges when diverse partners work together
Great innovation is the result of our heads, hearts, and hands
We run and manage collective innovation programs with residents, community organizations, nonprofits, and business partners to solve neighborhood and community challenges.
Assemble a team of diverse, passionate partners committed to change
Partners connect to clarify the challenge and prioritize work ...
Clarify the issues, what's been done, and the team's ambition
Assemble a diverse team committed to change
Prioritize key issues and align on the project scope
Frame the challenge as "How might we ... ?"
Facilitate a series of innovation 'sprints' to reveal possibilities and solutions
Teams bring curiosity, creativity, and collaboration to ...
(re)Frame the challenge to ask the right question
Explore new possibilities and opportunity spaces
Create ideas and prototypes, and develop viable solutions
Develop a robust strategy for change
Provide backbone support to maintain the teams' focus and share learning
LIFT utilizes and maintains a backbone system to ...
Track and share project progress via an online portal
Manage project documents and training materials
Capture and communicate learning to build momentum
Share learning within and across communities
LIFT collaborates with community organizations and nonprofits with a deep understanding of the aspirations and needs of their neighborhoods and communities. We welcome inquiries from those interested in partnering to innovate the future together. So come say hello!
Once you reach out, we'll connect to understand how we might work together. We'll determine if we are a good fit for partnership and then imagine and clarify goals for our work together.