our Learnings from co-investments
What we knew at the time, what we set out to learn, what we learned, what questions emerged for our next co-investments
Vehicular Congestion in Mexico City
Vehicular Congestion in Mexico City with Conrado Garcia Madrid The vehicular congestion in Mexico City project was a thesis project undertaken by Conrado and Annabel Membrillo in their undergraduate program at […]
BMC Diabetes
BMC Diabetes with Hal Rabbino The BMC Diabetes project in 1997 used the reference behavior pattern, coupled with qualitative stock-flow diagramming to shift the global strategy of a diabetes diagnostic company, […]
Delta-R Oilfield Integration Services
Delta-R with Hal Rabbino The Delta-R project, 2000-2001, integrated the strategic systems understanding into an online platform for an integrated understanding of the oilfield in hydrocarbon asset valuation. The project started […]
Grupo Bal — Corporate
Grupo Bal with Hal Rabbino The Grupo Bal project, in 1999, explored the strategic systems understanding of a corporate governance setting, understanding the interplay of multiple businesses and the role of […]
Cancer Free Economy Network
Cancer Free Economy Network with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Cancer Free Economy Network project in 2015-2016 worked with a large, multi-stakeholder process to rid the US economy of carcinogenic toxins. […]
Comision Estatal de Aguas de Queretaro (water systems in Mexico)
Comision Estatal de Aguas de Queretaro with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Comision Estatal de Aguas de Queretaro project in 2006, with follow up in 2016, worked with the governmental agency […]
Kraft Mexico
Kraft Mexico with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Kraft Mexico project in 2003 brought together the Kraft Mexico sales team with its top distributors to understand the underlying dynamics of what […]
Global Colors Company — Mexico and Central America Operations
Global Colors Company with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima The Global Colors Company project started in 2002 and took place within the food colors division of the Mexico and Central America […]
Town of Vail
Town of Vail with Hal Rabbino The project with the Town of Vail covered the first two weeks of December 1998, exploring how this very successful global-destination ski resort could meet […]
Society for Organizational Learning
Society for Organizational Learning with Hal Rabbino The project with the Council of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) began in the early fall of 2001, exploring how to engage SoL’s […]
FLOW Africa
FLOW Africa with Anna Cowen ad John Ziniades The FLOW project is a two-year long, University of Cape Town African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) research project that took place in […]
Luz y Fuerza Mexico — Electric Utility
Luz y Fuerza Mexico — Electric Utility with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Luz y Fuerza Mexico project started in 1999 with a leader in the engineering staff of Mexico’s electric utility. Using GRASP […]
San Miguel de Allende — Urban and Regional Planning
San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) — Urban and Regional Planning with Conrado Garcia Madrid The San Miguel de Allende project started in 2010 with the local chamber of commerce, exploring the […]
Mexican Financial System
Mexican Financial System with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima The Mexican Financial System project, in 2012-2013, used strategic systems mapping to engage institutions across the Mexican financial system, including 42 stakeholder interviews from […]
EAN Vermont–The Next Generation
Energy Action Network (EAN) Vermont–The Next Generation with Annabel Membrillo Jimenez The EAN Vermont project is in its ninth year, from its initial inception through its strategic systems collaborative process, described elsewhere […]
JFK The American School of Queretaro
JFK The American School of Queretaro with Annabel Membrillo Jimenez and Conrado Garcia Madrid The JFK project is a 15-year initiative that took place in Mexico, from early 2004 to now […]
SAPAL — Water Management System for Leon (Mexico) Metropolitan Area
SAPAL — Water Management System for the Leon (Mexico) Metropolitan Area with Annabel Membrillo Jimenez and Conrado Garcia Madrid The SAPAL project is a 5-year initiative that took place in Mexico, […]
Banking Software Service Provider
Banking Software Service Provider with Annabel Membrillo The Banking Software Service Provider project is a four-year initiative that took place in Mexico, from 2010 to 2014, within a large service provider […]
YES — Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
YES (Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability) — with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima The YES (Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability) project started in 2008, when Luz Maria Puente sat with YES Latin America […]
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima, Hal Rabbino, and Marshall Clemens The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell project in 2002 used strategic systems […]