A cross-domain blog using systemic design as a lens to understand and shape the world around us.

Why King County's Farm to Food Bank Programs are Resilient by Design.

Why would a Flathead Valley orchardist lease land five miles from their home operation? The answer reveals how thinking systemically makes local food systems stronger.
How designing automated research infrastructure for an AI startup illustrates the process of systemic design applied to human systems.

Paying attention to the needs of a system can give simple, well-known techniques outsized impact with cascading effects.
How designing a certification program around real motivations instead of mandates produced lasting organizational change.
How designing the teamwork and the software together using systemic principles enabled parallel delivery with minimal coordination overhead.