Communication to Power Innovation
Clarify your ideas & connect with the people who will activate them
Innovative ideas and ground-breaking evidence are inert until you connect with the people who will bring them to life.
In today’s information-saturated world, clarity alone is not enough.
We help you make your brilliant concepts and data speak persuasively to the collaborators who will help move them into action.
Bridge the Innovation Gap
with compassion and creativity
You stand on one side of the gap with your expertise, evidence, and passion.
On the other side of the chasm stand the funders, investors, customers, or policymakers you’re trying to reach—without your deep understanding of the problem you’re addressing, your technical knowledge, or your conviction.
More information, or clearer information, won’t build a bridge across the divide.
Nor will theoretical frameworks, word tricks derived from neuroscience, or AI-generated infographics.
The only reliable way to build a bridge your audience will risk stepping across is through human compassion and human creativity.
Compassion to view the world from your audience’s perspective, without frustration or judgement.
Creativity to find fresh ways to engage, educate, and inspire action.
Starting with this foundation, we help you connect with your audiences in ways that nurture meaningful relationships and drive change. We bring intellectual depth to help you articulate complex concepts as well as the human-centred craft to make those concepts appealing to the people you’re trying to reach.
Our expertise spans disciplines and sectors
Most communication help for innovators comes from people with subject-matter knowledge, technical specialists with a knack for communicating.
We’re not limited to working in a particular field because we specialize in communication itself.
We bring insights gained through years spent studying literature, narratology (the study of narrative), rhetoric (the art of persuasive communication), and learning science. We operate from proven theories and principles, and we’ve logged tens of thousands of hours of hands-on experience across a wide range of domains.
Because we’re not experts in your field, we also uncover questions that subject-matter experts take for granted, bringing you closer to your audience’s perspective.
Communication for Innovation
Overcome the invisible hurdles
that prevent change
You have the solution to a pressing social, economic, or environmental problem, but your bold new ideas aren't getting through to the people who should be eager to adopt them.
Presentations get polite nods but little engagement. Promising conversations stall. The briefing note or white paper you've sweated over doesn't even raise an eyebrow.
We help identify the communication barriers to change—and then find ways through them.
Whether you're trying to reach policymakers, funders, customers, or colleagues, we enable you to articulate breakthrough concepts in ways that attract attention, build trust, and inspire action.
Who do you need to influence to transform your innovative ideas into impact?
Policymakers, practitioners,
and the public
For research and academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and not-for-profits
Investors and
buyers
For innovative for-profit businesses and social enterprises with technical expertise
Policymakers, practitioners, and the public
For research and academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and not-for-profits
Investors and
buyers
For innovative for-profit businesses and social enterprises with technical expertise
Policymakers, practitioners, and the public
For research and academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and not-for-profits
Investors and buyers
For innovative for-profit businesses and social enterprises with technical expertise
