Our mission is to radically improve policy making through design, innovation and people-centred approaches.

We bring multidisciplinary expertise to help teams understand the present, imagine the future and design ways to achieve the policy impact they intend. We were set up in 2014 as part of the Civil Service Reform plan to make policy making more open and continue to work in support of government reform to create A Modern Civil Service.

Our methods are grounded in evidence, participation and experimentation. They draw on diverse perspectives, tackle complexity and build consensus. Our support is best suited to tackling intractable, complex, systemic policy problems that require fresh thinking and can lead to potentially transformative solutions.