Collective Invention is honored and delighted to announce that Cheryl Hicks, formerly of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, has joined Collective Invention as a Special Advisor on Sustainability and Health. Cheryl will represent Collective Invention from her home in Geneva, Switzerland. Her full bio can be found on the Who We Are page.

European Consortium: Trends in Human Behavior

A cross-sector consortium of global corporations has engaged Collective Invention, under Fiona Hovenden’s guidance, to design and facilitate a program looking at behavioral trends shaping the future. The first

Case Western Reserve University: Culture, Creativity and Design

Case Western Reserve University engaged Collective Invention to develop a plan for one strand of the university’s new strategy: the development of an institute for the study of Culture, Creativity and Design. Fiona Hovenden, Clark Kellogg and Erika Gregory conducted a study of current university practice and facilitated numerous design sessions with CWRU stakeholders as they developed the CC&D plan, which was delivered in February, 2010.

The Stupski Foundation: Strategic Advisory Council

The Stupski Foundation engaged Collective Invention to convene an international group of strategic advisors. The convening was one of the final steps in the Foundation’s internal innovation process which will lead to fundamental reshaping of theory of change and programmatic strategies.

Stanford New Schools: A New Direction

In collaboration with Mutiu Fagbayi and Sonya Lopes of Performance Fact, Inc., Erika Gregory led a 6-month process to renew the schools’ charter status. In February Collective Invention delivered the strategic plan in a practical wall-poster format to ensure that the plan is noticed, read and remembered by all stakeholders responsible for the school improvement process.

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations:
Unleashing Philanthropy’s Potential

Erika Gregory has been invited to participate on a panel at the GEO’s 2010 National Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Design Collaboratives for Social Breakthroughs will focus on recent examples of Collective Invention’s work bringing innovation practice to the public sector.