with Chris Anibarro — Intentional Futures is excited to announce a new offering for our clients– Organizational Design. The practice is led by Chris Anibarro, an experienced practitioner in the field who is excited to help purpose-led organizations change and adapt to a rapidly evolving stakeholder environment. “I would love to see us be partners with organizations on their own journey to becoming learning organizations, organizations that really want to serve their whole stakeholder ecosystem.” — Chris Anibarro, Director of Organizational Design

with Joy Shibata — As a Visual Designer, Joy thrives on translating complexity into visual clarity and is passionate about centering equity in her approach to problem-solving and storytelling. At Intentional Futures, she is currently collaborating in participatory design spaces with students and teachers on several projects, with the goal of informing future products to better serve their needs. Her past work includes projects for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and Starbucks, as well as community-centered work for local nonprofits.

For a growing group of start-ups, sustainability is not an afterthought or a charitable endeavor — it’s their entire business model. — iF works with innovative organizations to align business with social and sustainable impact. We’re tracking a profound transformation in which the entire market -including investors, start-ups, employees, and consumers — are demanding businesses adopt profit models for people and planetary benefit.

Sharing lessons learned in seeking donor funding and partnership — In iF’s 12-year tenure, many of our clients have sought help pursuing investor funding and partnership. Our support has included developing pitch decks, crafting fundraising strategies, and conducting competitive analyses and stakeholder engagement plans, to name a few. Our clients span innovative start-ups to initiatives within global multilaterals– all to…

Are you listening to and engaging with your employees? — Last week, LinkedIn shared a list of challenges the American worker faces this summer; among them, labor shortages, a bear market, inflation, and uncertainty about a return to work in the office. Amidst the chaos, leaders are coming to terms with the importance of valuing their employees as stakeholders to…

Remaining flexible and innovative in dynamic situations — The projects Intentional Futures have worked on in the past two years span an incredible range of industries, sectors, and scopes. We’re lucky to have such a wide variety of work to constantly learn from, and we want to share some of those takeaways with you. In all the work…

Tools and frameworks for fulfilling your collective potential — Based on hundreds of hours of secondary research, stakeholder interviews, podcast conversations and client work, we’re excited to share with you some fundamental frameworks and guidance that you can use to better understand and serve your stakeholder ecosystem and, in turn, nourish your own long-term success. Putting the ideas behind…

The tipping point of “remote” collaboration — These days, the “office” is more of an intangible concept than a physical space to much of the corporate world as COVID restrictions prevented teams from working together in-person. Subjected to an uncertain future of variants and mandates, businesses large and small continue to waffle on their return-to-work plans —…

Season 1 Episode 3: Operationalizing purpose with Fran Dunaway — From climate change, DEI and social justice, to economic inequality, worker safety and related issues, leaders are looking for guidance in addressing key questions as they lead their businesses into a future propelled by change and opportunity. In conversation with notable business leaders, Michael Dix, CEO of Intentional Futures hunts…