5 ‘No-Regrets’ Actions for Tumultuous Times

Nov. 2024 Letter from the Director For those who stake their identity on the role of omniscient conqueror, the uncertainty exposed by systems thinking is hard to take. If you can’t understand, predict, and control, what is there to do? Systems thinking leads to another conclusion–however, waiting, shining, obvious as soon as we stop being […]

FLOWER Spotlight – Eduardo Fracassi

Eduardo Fracassi sitting down in front of FLOWER in classroom

Meet Eduardo Fracassi, a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) in Argentina and a Multisolver. He works mainly throughout Latin America and has facilitated more than 360 events to date as an EN-ROADS ambassador. FLOWER has been instrumental in presenting his research on a very specific climate policy – raising the manufacturer […]

Webinar – FLOWER Immersive

This webinar introduces the FLOWER tool adapted in an online version with a focus on equity as a pillar of Multisolving.  Viewers will learn: What the FLOWER tool is  How to apply FLOWER as a bridge tool between creative ideas and real projects or investments that can solve multiple issues in communities About research at […]

Webinar – The Multisolving Way

Flyer with an ivory background and blue lines. Information about the Multisolving Way webinar and a picture of Elizabeth Sawin is featured on the flyer.

This webinar introduces multisolving and the Multisolving Way. People will learn: what multisolving is hear some examples of multisolving see interactions with others whose work involves crossing silos and learn about research at Multisolving Institute on the practices that we see used by effective multisolvers. All are welcome to view and we especially encourage people […]

Webinar – FLOWER: Visualizing Solutions for Equity, Climate, and Health

Flyer for a webinar taking place at 1PM ET on April 30, 2024. The title is FLOWER: Visualizing Solutions for Equity, Climate, and Health. The flyer has a FLOWER image, a blue background, and a white Multisolving Institute logo.

This interactive webinar introduces FLOWER, which stands for Framework for Long-term, Whole-system, Equity-based Reflection. In the webinar recording Join us to network alongside people with similar interests, learn about FLOWER and the ways it can support your work, and gain insights about the potential multisolving holds to create systems change. We especially encourage people working across multiple silos in communities, […]

Multisolving: Making Systems Whole, Healthy, and Sustainable

Imagine the future we could build if we could effectively work across borders between nations, issue areas, jurisdictions, and departments. We could be much better prepared for the future, especially when it comes to climate change and equity. Multisolving solutions come from achieving meaningful results across sectors. From Malaysia to Canada, we can see that […]

Multisolving for Resilience: RITA Summit Recap

On August, 7th Multisolving Institute Director Beth Sawin joined a panel on Community, Reciprocity, and Sustainability at the Loka Initiative’s Resilience in the Anthropocene [RITA] Summit. She spoke about four principles that can build resilience to environmental shocks in communities. We share her remarks below: I have four principles for building community resilience I’d like to offer […]

Multisolving: How Do You Know It When You See It?

Multisolcing criteria matrix.

Multisolvers work at all scales and across many sectors. Yet they have four practices in common. Our research team – Susanne “Susi” Moser Research & Consulting and Tina Smith of Anderson Smith Consulting – have been interviewing multisolving leaders across North America. But before they could begin their research, they needed to know how to […]

Disaster Recovery Efforts Can Serve More than One Goal

Little girl standing in red rain boots in flood water

This opinion piece from Dr. Sawin stems from the devastating July 2023 floods that took place in Vermont. “A multisolving recovery would ensure that every dollar and every hour of investment serves more than one goal,” Sawin said.  “It would design for the future that’s coming, not the past we once knew. It would expand […]