YEARS

Chris Larkin

Managing Director - Impact @ IDEO.org

ex-IDEO.org,

ex-Girl Effect / Nike Foundation,

ex-BBC Media Action,

ex-National Centre for Social Research,

ex-Hay Group Consulting (now Korn Ferry)

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A social impact leader working in innovation, design, & communications for positive change. I've supported leading creative organizations, nonprofits, & philanthropies with impact strategy, research, & measurement. I bring social science and systems theory to the design of services, products, campaigns, and learning experiences. Global experience spans East & West Africa, SE Asia, UK, US.

Chris’s expertise

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Skills

Impact Design

Design Research

Design Strategy

System Thinking

Rapid Prototyping

Expertise

Social Sciences

Learning & Organization Design

Service Design

Data Science

Project Management

Industry experience

Media

Non-Governmental Organization

Consultancy

Design

Social Impact

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PASSIONS

Areas I'm passionate about

As creative leaders with a shared commitment to quality, collaboration, and creativity, we're proud to pursue out most meaningful work and deliver the best every time.

MAIN PASSION

💪🏻 Gender Inequality

I have been engaged in gender transformative programs and design for women and girls for almost ten years

🐶 Animal Welfare

🌱 Climate Change

Portfolio

Focal Topics: Design for Social Impact, Systems Change, & Measuring Impact

I've given guest lectures to graduate classes at The New School, NYU Wagner Grad School of Public Service, and Pratt, and have written numerous book chapters and journal articles on the role & value of design for social impact.

System Design

Change Enabler

Design Thinking

SDGs

Transformation

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Work in Focus

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Projects

Ten Year Impact Report - IDEO.org

Content Strategy

Measurement + Analysis

Design Thinking

Copywriting

A curation of evidence and learning from a decade of applying design to social impact challenges. The storytelling was built from insights gathered through partner feedback, internal reflection sessions, and independent evaluations of IDEO.org's work.

Design for Impact - Bringing Empathy and Creativity to Social Change

Thought Leadership

Design for Impact - Bringing Empathy and Creativity to Social Change

Design Thinking

Measurement + Analysis

+1 more

Book chapter exploring the role of human-centered and systems-minded design in social impact, contributed to: 'Perspectives on Impact, Leading Voices on Making Systemic Change in the Twenty-First Century' (2019) edited by Nina Montgomery.

Projects

Mosaïq Learning Platform

💸Poverty

Capability Building

+3 more

Guided the design of a platform to support innovation capability building for recipients of a Citi Foundation Global Innovation Challenge grant. The platform curates tools, courses, and articles for self-serve learning, plus a program of inspiring expert talks and knowledge exchange community hours

Projects

Learning for Systems Change

Design Research

Developed a theory of change and set of learning case studies for a multi-year program involving 100+ equity leaders focused on innovation for health justice. Research evaluated how the program's virtual community events and human-centered design capacity building created value for leaders' work.