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Greater Good Studio

Greater Good Studio is a design firm dedicated to the social sector. We partner with organizations and communities to design human-centered solutions and build capacity for social innovation.

  • Design
  • Design Thinking
  • Human Centered Design
  • Social Innovation
  • Innovation
  • Angry Hour: The Happy Hour for Pissed-Off Optimists

    Angry Hour: The Happy Hour for Pissed-Off Optimists

    Go to the profile of George Aye
    George Aye
    Mar 10
    Unpacking Our “Why”

    Unpacking Our “Why”

    Reflections on Measuring Impact at Greater Good Studio
    Go to the profile of Sara Cantor
    Sara Cantor
    Oct 21, 2022
    Social Impact Purchasing

    Social Impact Purchasing

    Changing the World, One Purchase at a Time
    Go to the profile of Taylor Lay
    Taylor Lay
    May 26, 2022
    Decentering the Designer

    Decentering the Designer

    Methods to move beyond the hero paradigm and center community in public realm design
    Go to the profile of Betsy Ramaccia
    Betsy Ramaccia
    Sep 15, 2021
    When We Say Clean

    When We Say Clean

    What do we conjure when we call something “clean” in design?
    Go to the profile of Christina Cosio
    Christina Cosio
    Apr 12, 2021
    Social Change by Design Database v2

    Social Change by Design Database v2

    Our studio gets asked more than any other who else does this work?
    Go to the profile of George Aye
    George Aye
    Mar 1, 2021
    What the American Dream means to a South Asian teen

    What the American Dream means to a South Asian teen

    Go to the profile of Wajeeha Amir
    Wajeeha Amir
    Aug 14, 2020
    Human-centered (re)design

    Human-centered (re)design

    How to reboot your program for the realities of COVID-19
    Go to the profile of Sara Cantor
    Sara Cantor
    May 11, 2020
    4 Ways To Create A Human-Centered Workplace, Notes From An Operations Manager

    4 Ways To Create A Human-Centered Workplace, Notes From An Operatio...

    From my first day last summer it was obvious that Greater Good Studio has a very intentional and distinct approach to work. Rather than…
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    Samantha Kawabata
    Apr 9, 2019
    The pressure to produce high-fidelity products conflicts with an openness to feedback

    The pressure to produce high-fidelity products conflicts with an op...

    This blog post is Part IV of a four-part series on the built environment. Read Part I, Part II, and Part III.
    Go to the profile of Kareeshma Ali
    Kareeshma Ali
    Feb 21, 2019
    There is an imbalance between lived and learned experience

    There is an imbalance between lived and learned experience

    This blog post is Part III of a four-part series on the built environment. Read Part I and Part II.
    Go to the profile of Kareeshma Ali
    Kareeshma Ali
    Feb 8, 2019
    Built environment projects are often not set up to support deep learning

    Built environment projects are often not set up to support deep lea...

    This blog post is Part II of a four-part series on the built environment. Read Part I here.
    Go to the profile of Kareeshma Ali
    Kareeshma Ali
    Feb 1, 2019
    Human-Centered Design: Bringing humanity into the built environment

    Human-Centered Design: Bringing humanity into the built environment

    This blog post is Part I of a four-part series on the built environment. Stay tuned for the Part II.
    Go to the profile of Kareeshma Ali
    Kareeshma Ali
    Jan 25, 2019
    Allies: What They Are and How To Be One

    Allies: What They Are and How To Be One

    The word ally comes from the Latin word, alligare, to bind. This “binding” has transformed from its military associations to mean more than…
    Go to the profile of Gabriel B. Ibarra
    Gabriel B. Ibarra
    Aug 5, 2018
    Relational Recruiting: How We Learn from Hard-to-Reach People

    Relational Recruiting: How We Learn from Hard-to-Reach People

    A big part of our human-centered design process at Greater Good Studio involves talking to people — particularly potential users of the…
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    Annemarie Spitz
    Jul 16, 2018
    The only competitors that matter

    The only competitors that matter

    “Who else does this?”
    Go to the profile of Sara Cantor
    Sara Cantor
    Mar 29, 2018
    A Perspective of Abundance

    A Perspective of Abundance

    After having the pleasure of hearing environmentalist and economist Winona LaDuke speak at the Newberry Library in 2016, I started…
    Go to the profile of Christina Cosio
    Christina Cosio
    Mar 22, 2018
    What do you call your people?

    What do you call your people?

    A question for designers, and the clients that hire them.
    Go to the profile of Sara Cantor
    Sara Cantor
    Nov 9, 2017
    Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in your Nonprofit

    Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in your Nonprofit

    Let’s say that you work in operations / administration for a non-profit, and let’s say you’re already aware of what diversity versus…
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    Alvin Schexnider
    Aug 30, 2017
    Design Education’s Big Gap: Understanding the Role of Power

    Design Education’s Big Gap: Understanding the Role of Power

    Conventional design education believes that by training the mind and the hand, a designer can solve just about any problem. In many ways…
    Go to the profile of George Aye
    George Aye
    Jun 2, 2017
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