Research & projects
Ideas, evidence, and lived experience at the intersection of community development and local innovation.
Project · Video
Why we have built the model: COMPENDIUM moves toward a curriculum grounded in expert and practitioner experience rather than personality-driven instruction — an invitation for Liquid Studio members, with the Mi Rialiti QR code.
Research · Audio
The Trust by Design audio series explores how leadership systems influence trust—and why training alone is not enough.
Project · Field report
NASA's feature on ILI's Technology Transfer Ideation Studios in Atlanta and New Orleans connects public technologies with community-led entrepreneurship.
Project · Community knowledge
A platform for capturing lived experience and connecting community knowledge with decisions. Explore the pilot, communities of practice, and platform licensees.
Research · Report
ILI's report for the Surdna Foundation on creating an ecosystem for business owners and entrepreneurs of color in New Orleans, drawn from interviews with local entrepreneurs.
Project · Design practice
The practice of designing the relationships through which living systems become capable of learning, adapting, and flourishing together.
Project · Community storytelling
Intergenerational storytelling in Pittsburgh: oral history across residents, seniors, business owners, and youth, captured with Mi Rialiti digital tools — every story matters.
Project · Video
An educational pathway exploring civic trust, collaboration, and invitation — how communities rebuild the relationships that make shared decisions possible.
Project · Video
Explore the studio approach and the 2023 invitation video for Atlanta and New Orleans, linking innovation, entrepreneurial training, and local challenges.
Research · Structured inquiry
Final structured inquiry results on the philanthropic core, completed November 2025 — an evidence-based look at how philanthropy can fund community-led work.
Project · Photo archive
Technology, Implementation, Market, Engine: photographs and a slideshow documenting ILI's TIME Challenges and technology transfer work.
Research · Essays
Three essays on structural trust, participation, and the systems that shape leadership and community decisions.