Center for Systems Innovation
Co-creating Incubators for Social Good
Co-creating Incubators for Social Good
The Center for Systems Innovation (CSI) builds and scales a distributed network of Co-creation Labs and Public Innovation Hubs to co-create solutions with communities, universities, CSOs, the private sector, and governments.
By innovating at both the products as well as the systems levels, we create change that is more scalable and enduring.
Many innovation efforts remain isolated pilots that do not. connect to a larger system for adoption and scale.
Capacity-building often stops at workshops instead of moving into real-world experimentation and delivery.
Solutions are often designed far from the realities of communities, frontline staff, and local governments.
Without a platform layer, good ideas struggle to move across institutions, sectors, and geographies.
Leaders and Changemakers catalyze and sustain change.
Co-creation Labs increase local innovation capacity.
Universities-government partnerships drive local development.
CSI operates as an Incubator of Incubators, building and connecting sectoral incubators embedded in real governance systems. Rather than running isolated programs, CSI develops a platform for coordination, experimentation, learning, and scale.
System Architecture
CSI → Co-Creation Labs → Public Innovation Hubs → Governments & Communities → Fellows & Teams
The system layer that orchestrates the network and provides standards, tools, methods, partnerships, and strategic direction.
Sectoral incubators that go deep into specific domains and generate pipelines of ideas, teams, and solutions.
University- and LGU-based nodes where solutions are co-created, tested, adapted, and implemented.
Solution builders who work with real institutions and communities to develop, pilot, and scale innovations.