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The Institutional Architecture Lab seeks to improve the global practice and theory of designing institutions better able to address the great challenges of our times.

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The Institutional Architecture Lab seeks to improve the global practice and theory of designing institutions better able to address the great challenges of our times.

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20 May 2025

Fixing procurement for the era of AI

An online event about how public procurement could evolve This conversation is part of the activities of the community of practice Reimagining Public Institutions. Public procurement is one of the most powerful tools governments have to become more effective. Yet, it is still underutilised for its potential. Procurement can shape innovation, strengthen capacity, and deliver […]

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The world needs better institutions

From climate change to cybersecurity to mental health and well-being, we face challenges with speeds, scales, and scopes that outpace current efforts to steer toward societal goals.

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There are many good options

The world has a rich history of institutional forms and an ever-growing array of technologies to help collaborate, communicate, and build collective intelligence.

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We’re building a community around using them

TIAL aims to orchestrate, and mobilize practical knowledge and frameworks to design, build, and support the kinds of new — and upgraded — institutions that the world needs.

Work and RESOURCES

COLLABORATIONS

We offer institutional design advisory services for those seeking to update or establish new organizations or shape social ecosystems toward new capabilities.

Field Building

We contribute to the institutional design field through convenings and synthesis that combine academic and experiential insight to highlight practices and possibilities for institutional architecture.

Speculative

We support research and writing that maps out possibilities for addressing common challenges through new and renewed public institutions.

Resources

We document and collect under-utilized illustrations and novel guides for institutional entrepreneurs.