We turn field notes
into operating systems for change.
A story isn’t content—it’s a protocol. Our practice pairs research-grade listening with boutique production care so leaders, organizers, and institutions can move people from feeling to action without losing integrity.
Field ledger
Public health, climate resilience, civic innovation
Leadership fly-ins booked this quarter
Service flows audited before we ever hit record
Why we built this
The practice exists to make evidence feel inevitable.
Campaigns flame out when story, care, and consequence live on different calendars. Our practice braids them together so decision makers don’t just hear data—they feel obligated by it.
Policy to porch
Policy to porch
We translate legislative intent into human stakes your neighbors can repeat at dinner. Every treatment is backed by qualitative research, not hunches.
Design + doctrine
Design + doctrine
The studio is bilingual: art direction and evidence. We keep speakers, stylists, strategists, and social scientists in the same sprint.
Distribution with consequence
Distribution with consequence
Launches are paired with policy hearings, clinic openings, or votes. If the work doesn’t move something concrete, we aren’t done yet.
Evidence stack
Proof that the work lands.
We track every launch like a research study: intercepts, lift, reuse, and systems change. Here’s the short ledger.
Community intercepts logged in field diaries
Average belief-shift post studio intervention
Rapid response crews for urgent hearings
States & cities using our narrative kits
Methodology
How we move from first interview to lasting consequence.
Kitchen tables, clinic break rooms, council chambers—micro convenings with notebooks, not cameras.
We build the before/after map, surface leverage, and scope ethics of depiction before scripts exist.
Participants carry authorship. We storyboard with them, prototype in Miro, and pay for the labor.
A/B audio cuts, resonance diaries, and policy brief trackers tell us what to ship wider.
Distribution plans pair with votes, service launches, or fundraising pushes so momentum isn’t wasted.
Stewardship
Accountability dashboards we stand behind.
We don’t wait for funders to ask for proof. Every engagement ships with a living dashboard co-owned with the client team.
- Belief-shift indices
- Recall journaling
- Sentiment tagging
- Service referrals
- Volunteer minutes
- Clicks-to-care
- Hearing citations
- Partner adoption
- Press reframes
- Local storytellers trained
- Reused assets
- Open templates
Care protocols
Protection is part of the deliverable.
Portrait retainers and campaign crews share the same wellness barges, consent choreography, and archival guardrails. Nobody is asked to open their story without closing rituals.
Consent as choreography
Participants sign off on drafts at every milestone. No surprises, no retroactive fixes.
Wellness barges
Traveling kits with hydration, grounding prompts, and stipend cards follow every shoot.
Equitable ownership
Footage libraries are shared back through community drives with usage language already cleared.
Ready to move?
Let’s architect the narrative layer inside your practice.
Hold a discovery sprint or drop us into your existing runway—either way, we bring the care protocols with us.