Mission

Thinking With provides an environment of empathy and collaboration where all voices are heard and all stakeholders have the chance to speak on behalf of their own stake. We focus on bringing about social change using the different skills, knowledge bases, viewpoints, experiences, and resources of each person. Thus, we strive to make our "we" as radically inclusive and polyvocal as we can manage, with the belief that socially just innovation is best achieved when those in need are involved in the process. By thinking, brainstorming, and creating with each other, we seek to bring social justice to the world.

 

 

Our Vision

We strive to help people think with each other. We hold that people thinking together improves society and promotes social justice. It isn't enough to work for the good, as charity can get caught up as part of the problem. And, it isn't enough to innovate, because transformations unguided by the good just lead to new inequity. We believe that benevolent, innovative citizens are the key to a better world.

 

People working together for a brighter future is what a brighter future looks like. But, a small handful of innovators isn't enough. A few bright ideas by some caring folks will not a better world make. Even the brightest and the nicest people on the planet cannot represent the interests of all people, because people are just different enough that their interests are best met by themselves. As such, innovation is most transformative when it is bottom up - when all stakeholders have a chance speak and decide on the behalf of their own stake.
 

Seeking transformative innovation, we invent. Desiring socially just innovation, we strive to make our "we" as radically inclusive and polyvocal as we can manage.