Institutional Collaborations
Understanding complex systems. Creating better conversations.
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Stories of Business works with public bodies, NGOs, educational institutions, research organisations, industry groups and international networks exploring complex economic, social and operational challenges.
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We combine systems thinking, storytelling, insight and facilitated conversations to help make complexity easier to understand — and turn that understanding into more useful communication, questions and action.
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Where we can add value
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Public understanding — translating complex systems, policies and operational realities into accessible stories and explanations.
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Systems-based insight — exploring stakeholders, behaviours, dependencies and less-visible forces shaping an issue.
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Leadership & practitioner perspectives — capturing knowledge and experience from people working within the system.
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Systems thinking workshops — helping groups map connections, challenge assumptions and explore practical interventions.
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Strategic storytelling — creating thoughtful, evergreen narratives around programmes, industries, initiatives and complex challenges.
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Longer-term collaboration — combining our approaches across programmes, thematic series or wider initiatives.
Areas we explore
Our work can span trade and economic development, infrastructure, education, technology, tourism, sustainability, public services, communities, supply chains and regional development — and other areas where understanding the wider system matters.
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A different way of looking at complexity
Many institutional challenges cross organisational, geographic and disciplinary boundaries.
Our approach starts with something visible — a policy, programme, industry, community or challenge — and explores the wider system around it.
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People → Relationships → Incentives → Behaviour → Institutions → Dependencies → Outcomes
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The objective isn't complexity for its own sake. It is to see more of the picture, ask better questions and identify where understanding could lead to better communication, decisions or outcomes.
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If your organisation is working on a challenge that deserves a wider perspective, we'd be pleased to talk.