About The Center

We are a policy design organization that develops strategies and recommendations to improve the performance of large systems. We're based in Minnesota, founded in 1982, and focus on health care and education. Read more...

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Recent Publications

This study describes a redesign done, but not implemented: a carpool and vanpool ‘commuter system’ for getting-to-work in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Presents a theory of why organizations do what they do, then presents methods based on this theory for designing and executing strategies to alter their behavior if they are not performing as society wishes.