Mike Zeidler2025-09-27T10:47:54+00:00Characteristics and conditions for driving systems change
Earlier this year, the UNDP called for volunteers to join a research sprint exploring how institutions can work together more effectively on complex global challenges.
The initiative, known as C3 Labs, works with the underlying dynamics that influence collaboration and transformation. This particular call came from the food systems team, who will be launching Collaboration Labs expected in Kenya and Thailand.
Keen to move fast, the UNDP asked for 8 ‘research sprint’ teams to bring insights into best practice in: Innovation Labs, Leadership Education; Future Visioning; Organisational Change and Design, Diagnostics, AI and Finance.
Inspired by the vision of C3, I volunteered to look into Labs as approaches for driving systemic change alongside Maximo Plo, Beth Cloughton and Julian Cortes.
This is a brief summary of our headline findings from a review and analysis of 20 reports on different types of labs (social labs, policy labs, accelerators, and incubators) about how...
