DELIVERING SYSTEMIC IMPACT

Master Complexity. Design for Impact.

We help firms, leaders and teams navigate complex systems to drive innovation, validate business models, and align purpose with systemic change.

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STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS

De-risk your most complex challenges.

Aligning organisational strategy with systemic reality.

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CAPABILITIES

Building the next generation of thinkers.

Developing the tools and culture to master systemic challenges.

Develop Teams

LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT

Leading from the inside-out.

Mentoring senior leaders to build systemic intelligence.

Align Leaders

WHAT WE DO

Modern Challenges Demand Better Approaches

Traditional innovation is failing because it treats systemic problems with linear approaches. We move beyond “Innovation Theatre” by authoring the frameworks and delivering the implementation muscle needed to drive real impact.

  • WE AUTHOR: Systemic frameworks that make invisible complexity visible
  • WE TRAIN: Leadership teams to move from linear management to systemic mastery
  • WE INTERVENE: Leading high-stakes business design shifts across industries
Systemic Tools & Transition Frameworks
Explorer Labs Systems Thinking, Systems Mapping, Intervention Card Design Grand Challenges
Explorer Labs Tools and Methods Downloads Canvases Ideation Cards Miro Toolkits

FIELD NOTES

Recent thinking on Systems, Design, Innovation, Business and Change

Explorer Labs Innovate UK Ignite Lab Industrial Decarbonisation User Research Workshop
Ecosystem Design

Zooming Out to Move Faster: Why Systems Thinking is the Secret to Industrial Decarbonisation

Learn how Explorer Labs led the Innovate UK Ignite Lab to de-risk industrial decarbonisation using systems thinking, e-fuels innovation, and business design.
Steve Blank, Alex Osterwalder at the 5th International Symposium on Wicked Acceleration.
Innovation Process

Beyond the Linear: Insights from the 5th International Symposium on Wicked Acceleration

Drive innovation through complexity. Explore insights from the 5th Symposium on Wicked Acceleration by Explorer Labs, Wicked Labs, & RCA. Read the recap here.
Business Model Innovation

Top 20 Must-Read Books for Sustainable Innovation in the Corporate World

Discover the top 20 books for sustainable innovation and business design in large corporations. Learn methodologies, tools, and playbooks to drive corporate sustainability.
Behavioral Psychology
5 Key Learnings from 1:1 Mentoring & Coaching Support to Senior Leaders in Large Corporates
Behavioral Psychology
How to Cultivate the Optimal Mindset Using FLOW for Breakthrough Innovation
How to Make Simple Systems Maps A Step by Step Beginners Guide and Toolkit Miro Toolkit and PDF templates to download for FREE
Systemic Design
How to Make Simple Systems Maps: A Step-by-Step Beginners Guide & Toolkit
Wicked Problems, Wise Solutions, Org Maturity and Readiness Assessment for Sustainable Business and Wicked Problems
Ecosystem Design
Test Your Organisational Readiness for Sustainable Business Outcomes FREE
Business Model Innovation
Unleash Your Organization’s Innovation: A Short Course Program by 9 World-renowned Innovation Experts
Business Model Innovation
Design the Change: 5 New Coursera Sustainable Business Short Courses for a Thriving Future
Explorer Labs People Planet Profit Progress Diagram

HOW WE WORK

Navigate complexity with Systemic Intelligence

We help firms and leaders bridge the gap between deep theory and action by aligning organisational strategy, team capability, and personal purpose. By moving beyond linear management, we turn systemic challenges into clear paths for sustainable growth and impact.

1. STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS

  • De-risk your most complex challenges.

2. CAPABILITITES

  • Building the next generation of systemic thinkers.

3. LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT

  • Leading from the inside-out.
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IMPACT

Addressing Systemic Challenges At Scale

We build the tools and deliver the shifts needed to solve challenges that transcend borders and silos.

  • Across Industry: Aligning corporate strategy with systemic reality.

  • Across Society: Designing interventions for challenges that span nations.

  • Across Culture: Training leadership teams for Systemic Mastery.

  • Across the Value Chain: Delivering business design that drives real impact.

“The Ignite Lab programme completely transformed our approach, moving us beyond surface-level goals to truly understand the underlying system dynamics to design high-impact interventions needed for real industrial change.”

Ignite Lab ParticipantExplorer Labs x Innovate UK Programme

“The programme has been a game-changer for my leadership. It provided the clarity I needed to bridge high-level innovation strategy with a practical 'dual-mode' structure, allowing me to manage current risks while confidently accelerating the manageable, profitable growth of my business.”

SME Managing DirectorUBT Executive Management Programme x Explorer Labs

“The Systemic Design series has been a step-change for our leadership. It moved us beyond high-level strategy and gave us a practical, practice-based toolkit to navigate the complex dynamics of the clean energy transition and design truly transformative interventions for Innovate UK Policy and Funding.”

Senior LeadershipInnovate UK Business Connect

“Our collaboration simply exceeded our expectations. I wish all providers had the same professionalism.”

Corporate Training ServicesAPAC Region

“Explorer Labs keynote at the symposium was a masterclass in bridging the 'practice gap' where he provided our faculty and researchers with a rigorous yet highly accessible framework for tool architecture that moves beyond simple templates into evidence-based systems that significantly reduce cognitive friction for entrepreneurs.”

Dr Christoph SecklerESCP University

WHY WE DO IT

Business Design for Systemic Change

Customer-centricity alone cannot solve the challenges of our era. We bridge the gap between complex systems and business reality by authoring the frameworks that drive real shifts.

We exist to upgrade the world’s innovation engine, delivering the trainings and tools that make solving “Wicked Problems” a core business capability.

OUR PURPOSE

CLIENT EXPERIENCES

Delivering systemic change for the world’s most influential organisations.

WHY US?

What makes Explorer Labs your ideal sustainable business innovation partner?

With over 10+ year’s cross-industry experience in corporate and startup innovation, we’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Here’s what we focus on:

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Purpose-led partnerships

We collaborate with a mutual why mission

Business outcomes

We focus on sustainable business value creation

Thought leadership

We advance sustainable business thinking, doing & practice

Cross-industry perspectives

We bring insights from multiple angles

Tailored services

We design & deliver your strategic needs

No theatre productions

Sustainable impact & validated outcomes only

NEW BOOK

The Other Side of Growth: An Innovator’s Responsibilities in an Emerging World

A critical call to global business leaders seeking to re-think the impact of creative destruction today. Each chapter provides a critical lens and perspective on corporate innovation today, moving into tomorrow in how we tackle our most pressing challenges ahead.

Available in print or Kindle Editions at Amazon now.

OUR COLLABORATION PARTNERS

Fusing world-class research with consulting industry expertise

We’re fortunate to partner with World-leading institutions to amplify the delivery of sustainable business innovation impact.

Upgrade your organisation’s innovation engine

Let’s discuss the friction points in your organisation and how our approaches can help you address them. Get in Touch