A surprisingly fresh sandbox

The Commons architects bolder futures.

The Commons is a collective of creative thinkers, planners, healers, and helpers who are committed to the continual evolution of health care.

We believe health care will need a new kind of sense making as it grapples with 21st century realities. This is more than tactically moving the pieces around on a chess board. This is supporting a transformative re-imagining of the board itself - an expansion of the container that is framing the current health care story.

What matters to us

We believe that when we honor the fullness of reality, we can realize spaces where people grow and flourish. The Commons is informed by a relentless curiosity about how we experience health, and what will allow for a greater sense of well-being even through the experience of illness.

We believe that we can draw from a deeper well of wisdom, building on health care achievements to date. This means asking better questions that reflect new possibilities for a better health care future.

How we play

The Commons’ purpose is not what we do. It’s what happens in others when we do what we do.

The heartbeat of our work is an integrative approach that relies on a range of creative capacities. Thinking, intuiting, sensing, and integrating all inform our discovery of uncommon solutions to seemingly incurable problems.

Our work draws from four interconnected impulses