Local* Research — Per-Project
Per-Project
Local* Research
We* investigate how people, organizations, tools, and technology shape one another through practice. Research* begins inside real projects and moves outward.
For people who enjoy asking questions they can't yet answer.
Current Questions
Open questions, in motion.
Epistemic Design
Working TheoryHow does capability emerge through relationships between people, tools, systems, and institutions?
→ Fieldwork · Commonweal
Institutional Design
LongitudinalHow do we build better conditions for change?
→ CU ATLAS
Governance
ActiveWhat makes shared decisions durable?
→ Commonweal
AI & Coordination
ActiveWhere does AI find the edge & connect users?
→ BrightAI
Agreements
BetaHow do healthier agreements change collaboration?
→ Nutrition-Facts
Local* Agency
Proof-Of-WorkWhat gives a place capacity to act on its own behalf?
→ I* Have Agency, We* Have Agency, We* Are Agentic
Storytelling as a Service (SaaS)
EmergingCoupled with organization, our true and inherent value lies in how we tell stories.
→ The Data of Cool
Terminal Interfaces
EmergingWhat returns when an interface becomes legible?
→ Coming Soon
Practice Systems
LongitudinalHow does practice become knowledge?
→ Per-Project
Organizational Physics
EmergingWhat forces actually move an organization?
→ WeMentor
Single Source of Truth
LongitudinalHow do we reduce fragmented states with intent?
→ SSOT Protocol
From the inside, out.
- 1Participate
- 2Observe
- 3Reflect
- 4Publish
- 5Apply
Research happens through the work. "The How Behind the Who" is a Brand & Product Local* Agency practice.
A Local* Semantic Lab. Online & Running
Per-Project is where practice becomes observable /research.
Collaborations, papers, and applied research with labs, institutions, and focused agentic teams.