Strategies for Shaping Market Systems

REFRAME the issue, the problem, the boundaries of the system

  Engage systems of POWER, elegantly

Continuously identify LEVERAGE in the system

Build structures and LEADERSHIP for sustained systems-level disruption

 

Attend to change over TIME and across CONTEXT  

Stages (non-linear) Core Strategy/Activity Methods

Understanding systems

Research, Prototype, Disruptive experiments

Ethnography, Design Methods, Scenario Planning, Systems Mapping, Data Visualization Tools, Computer Modeling, History

Catalyze System Change

Convene, Reframe, Reimagine

Cross Sector Collaboration, Campaigns, organize and empower new voices, Road shows, Thought Leadership

Amplification (build momentum)

Change mindsets and opinions 

Books and roadshows, ambassadors/Influential spokespeople (conference circuit, blogging)

Implement System Change (New Infrastructure)

Create Market Intermediaries

Accelerators, Funds, Coalition-Building, Networks, Multi-stakeholder standards bodies, Advocacy/Movement Building

Sustain and Scale System Change

Create Enabling Environment

New Market Rule Setting, New Capital Flows, New policy. Education and Training

Support new and existing Leaders

Support Market System Changers

Communities of practice, Sector-specific cohorts and networks, Fellowship programs

Methods Framework (Work-in-progress)