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CategoriesEcosystem Analysis

Social Infrastructure: Bumping into Neighbors Leads to Resilience

For years we have been teaching the Field Guide to Transformation as a forensic player map. Who is on the field? What role are they playing? Is there a System Entrepreneur calling plays? Is there a Finance Wizard devising funding innovations? Has the local Prophet been co-opted by the institution they were supposed to hold […]

May 13, 2026May 14, 2026 By Kevin Jones
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Why do economic justice solutions work?

I’ve been working on a book with Rosa Lee. Our working title is This Shit Works — And Why It Matters. One of my tasks has been compiling case studies of economic justice solutions, projects like Buy Back the Block, which enables average people in poor neighborhoods to become owners of commercial real estate in […]

March 9, 2026March 26, 2026 By Kevin Jones
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