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This is the story of a small team and their ambition to do big big things.

We entered into this Season determined to find a way to navigate the phase change we're experiencing without losing sight of our mission and...

Rachel has guided our audio voyage through two seasons of One Billion. In this episode our host transitions from being the interviewer to be...

While every member of the Civilla team has left fingerprints on the organization, Civilla would not exist without Michael Brennan. By title,...

Since childhood, Scott put all his eggs in one basket: he was going to be an artist. And no one or nothing could stop him. While today, he's...

In this interlude, we go behind-the-scenes with 6 individuals who have a unique, but critically important perspective on the phase change we...

What in an organization should stay constant amidst change? What should evolve? This week, we dive into these questions with the one and onl...

This week, we dive deep into Rachael's journey of self-discovery. In her interview, she illustrates the power of investing in our whole selv...

If you need help jump starting a project, Adam's your guy. However, this phase change is challenging him to think differently about how to l...

Meet Sam: a designer, a researcher, a policy maker, a data guru, and a project manager. His role at Civilla has grown exponentially since he...

This week, we hear from Lena Selzer, one of Civilla's founding team members. She walks us into the heart of her journey as the organization'...

Here at Civilla, things are changing - quickly. And so, this season we're bringing you right into the heart of that evolution - the fun, the...

In this interlude, we hear from Paul Seibert, the designer who gifted Civilla with it's name. Listen in to hear the story and learn from his...

This is the season 3 finale! Lena, Adam, and Michael all join in to share their conclusion after 10 podcast episodes about how change actual...

Meet Leon Stevenson. He'll share the story of how the Mack Avenue Community Church came to be. Learn more about the role of unwavering perso...

Meet Lena and Michael, two Civilla teammates with a point of view on our previous podcast episode and guest Amy Kaherl. Tune in to hear thei...

Meet Amy Kaherl. She'll share some of the story of how Detroit Soup came to be and where the journey has taken her. Learn more about the tol...

Meet Michael Arena, the Chief Talent Officer at General Motors. He's spent much of his life passionately exploring how to lead change inside...

Meet Bryan Boyer, a true pioneer in the application of design to large government systems. He'll share incredible stories about his experien...

Meet Rachael, a Civilla design researcher with a very relevant point of view on our previous guest, LanVy Nguyen. Tune in to hear her reacti...

Meet LanVy Nguyen - the founder of Fashion4Freedom, a social enterprise that aims to transform establish a sustainable, ethical, supply chai...

Meet Taavi Kotka - the Chief Information Officer of Estonia (the former Soviet nation that borders Russia). Taavi helped lead Estonia's digi...

Listen in as we discuss THE biggest problem in the world. Literally. Institutions are the entities with the greatest impact on our lives tha...

Meet Rachel. In just 10 weeks she's leaving to bike across the U.S.A. Before leaving she has decided to answer one extremely difficult quest...

In this final interlude from Season 1 we hear the entire Civilla team read the feedback they received from applying to the Macarthur Foundat...

In the eighteenth episode of One Billion we listen as the Independent Sector executive leadership team responds to the user research work th...

In this seventeenth episode of One Billion we meet the CEO of Independent Sector Dan Cardinali. He and his team made the choice to send 4 ke...

In this sixteenth episode of One Billion we prepare for the inevitable conclusion of our time with the Independent Sector crew. It turns out...

In this special interlude we field questions from the folks back home. Tune in as the visiting team responds to question after question from...

In this fifteenth episode of One Billion we dive into the topic of design research synthesis. We learn what a difference deep synthesis make...

In this fourteenth episode, the Independent Sector team conducts its first user interviews and starts working in a new way (it doesn't reall...

Listen to the adventure of four leaders from Washington D.C. as they head to Civilla, a design studio dedicated to changework. Learn about t...

Welcome to Season Two (in which we learn whether or not our podcast was a one hit wonder)! Tune in to discover why we don't do workshops but...

In this interlude, we learn that we've passed the administrative review for the MacArthur 100&Change $100mm Grant. Turns out the Civilla app...

In this interlude, we wait to hear back on the status of our $100 million grant application to the MacArthur Foundation. In the meantime we...

This is One Billion's final full episode in Season One. We reflect on the experience of starting a podcast, assembling a $100 million idea,...

This is the tenth episode of the podcast: One Billion. In it we share out each step of our effort to create a short video pitch as part of o...

In this interlude we share out where the name One Billion came from...cuz people have been asking. www.civilla.com/onebillion

This is the ninth episode of the podcast: One Billion. We hear from Mr. Ken Whipple, former CEO of Ford Europe, Former CEO of Consumers Ener...

When we sat down with Civilla's Board Chair Mr. Ken Whipple we didn't expect to learn his 3 ingredient recipe for success. Now we'd like to...

This is the eighth episode of the podcast: One Billion. We look at the challenge of providing public benefits through a third perspective: t...

We've got some good news - the pilot for Civilla's marquee initiative Project re:Form gets early funding! www.civilla.com/onebillion

This is the seventh episode of the podcast: One Billion (StartUp for Social Innovation), a behind-the-scenes look at how change happens. In...

Follow along with the tiny team that could as they pull out all the stops to promote One Billion. Top 5 marketing tips and tricks that you w...

This is the sixth episode of the podcast: One Billion. We work our way through questions related to evidence of effectiveness, risk mitigati...

In this first Interlude Michael Brennan shares out where the name 'Civilla' came from. http://www.civilla.com/onebillion

This is the fifth episode of the podcast: One Billion. In it we work to frame up the challenge of providing high quality public benefits thr...

This is the fourth episode of the podcast: One Billion. We frame the problem we are trying to solve by meeting Dr. LaTina Denson, an amazing...

This is the third episode of the podcast: One Billion. We try to assemble our team for an idea that doesn't yet exist by making 3 phone call...

This is the second episode of One Billion. In the show we start to develop the executive summary for an idea that doesn't quite exist yet. w...

This is the first episode of the podcast: One Billion. In the show we meet the entrepreneurs who founded Civilla (a center for social innova...