IDEO (pronounced “EYE-dee-oh”) is a global design consultancy helping the world’s most audacious dreamers create braver tomorrows. We activate our science of design with the alchemy of our wide-eyed and wonderful creative people to make futures you can click, feel, taste, test, and believe in. Our early days were filled with designing groundbreaking physical products, but 40 years in, you’ll find that we’ve been busy working on the future of almost everything, from sustainable supply chains with H&M to design-oriented organizations with Ford, entire civic infrastructures with Intercorp—and so much more.
We’re a Strategic Engagement + Evaluation consulting firm working with our clients to build healthy, just and equitable communities.
We’re a diverse team of leaders who come from wide-ranging backgrounds in policy, campaigns, philanthropy and advocacy. We bring passion and knowledge of the landscapes, players, funding and levers of change to our three specialty practice areas: Healthy Democracy, Economic Justice and the Climate Crisis.
The Institute of Cultural Affairs is a non-profit organization that uses participatory processes to engage in a wide variety of community development initiatives. At our heart we are facilitators, and believe that grassroots community development is the way to cultivate change in society. We have a history of working around the globe and nation, but our roots as an organization are based in Chicago