Communities
Create the future you want - Unlock progress faster
Communities everywhere are working to solve pressing problems—from hunger and housing to economic mobility and climate resilience. But promising ideas often stall out because resources are siloed, solutions are fragile, or there’s no structure to scale what works.
Tri-Sector Innovation (TSI) offers a way forward. It’s a pragmatic framework for building durable, scalable, and community-centered solutions by aligning interests across sectors and making the most of what already exists. Whether you have a vision or are still identifying what’s possible, TSI gives your community a smarter way to build.
Better models. Shared value. Stronger communities.
Why TSI Is a Powerful Approach for Communities
TSI offers a practical, scalable approach that helps communities move from vision to lasting impact by:
Making the Most of Resources Already Out There
You don’t need to start from scratch. TSI helps you uncover a wide range of resources already in your community and farther afield. These might include programs, tools, spaces, relationships, data, skills, or even underused systems that can be reimagined to support your goals. Many of these are already in motion, you just need a new way to see and use them.
Bringing Everyone to the Table with Aligned Self-Interests
Partnerships often face friction when priorities don’t line up. TSI helps bring public, private, and social sector partners together by focusing on aligned self-interests and mutual benefit. The result is stronger, more sustainable partnerships—and solutions that are built to last.
Designing for Long-Term Sustainability
TSI helps you move building models that can sustain themselves over time so your impact can persist. Think embedded revenue, shared ownership, and adaptable structures that evolve with your community’s needs and perist long after initial funding.
Expanding What Works Without Starting Over
When something’s working, TSI helps you adapt and grow it so successful ideas can spread beyond one neighborhood, group, or grant cycle. Its principles support designing adaptable, resource-informed models—so they can scale across geographies or coalitions without starting over.
Bridging Sectors for Better Results
TSI helps you leverage the strengths of the public, private, and social sectors to create effective and lasting solutions. It helps you build strategies that reflect real-world conditions and unlock the potential of working together across traditional boundaries.
Put TSI to Work for Your Community
There’s no one right way to get started—but there are great tools and support ready when you are. Whether you want to explore on your own or bring others into the conversation, here’s how to begin:
Self-Serve Free Resources
Getting Started with TSI - Watch a short intro video and explore a few key tools to see how TSI works in practice—perfect for individuals or groups new to the approach.
TSI Explained - Learn the core principles of TSI—like reusing what already exists, aligning interests across sectors, and building impactful solutions that last.
Free TSI Tools - Use our free tools to help you think through challenges, uncover opportunities, and take your next step—from generating ideas to planning what’s possible.
Get Coaching or Advising
Want help applying TSI to a local issue or community project? We offer hands-on support for individuals, teams, and coalitions.We can help you uncover aligned interests, repurpose resources, and design models built to last.
Host a Workshop or Speaker
Bring TSI into your community or organization through a hands-on workshop, a facilitated session, or a speaker who can spark new thinking and momentum.