Sarah Wong

We see that building a sense of belonging leads to increased collective efficacy, or the ability for a group to achieve a shared purpose together. We see more collective efficacy leading to strengthening belonging even more. It’s a great positive feedback loop that we want to help unlock within neighborhoods.

what efficiency gives you in smoothness, it takes away in texture. the sharp edges of memory fade. days stop standing out. life runs together like watercolors left in the rain.

These tactics aren’t just for startups. I’ve worked with many large companies who used their sales teams to demo products that didn’t exist yet. This is a great way to get fast feedback on new ideas.

thing we do most, which is shop and browse. These privatized solutions fit into that consumptive way of being more than what we don't practice — going to a new place, creating our own mechanisms for connection, encountering a lot of unknowns, and having to talk to people we don't already know. Those are not practices that we’re literally spending... See more

We focus on culture because it’s upstream of structure and policy. Do you walk past someone who is hurting or ask them what is wrong? Do you try to understand someone who is different from you? Do you think life is zero-sum and it’s every person for themselves, or do you think we’re all in it together? Those are culture questions before they are... See more

The need to create “ecologies of synergistic interventions” (solutions) that are connected to each other and the long-term vision as a strategy for transitioning entire societies toward a desirable, long-term futures.

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