
CONSULTING
Solve Complex Problems, Grow into New Markets and Scale Your Impact
SecondMuse has become known among leading global organizations for our pioneering approach to unraveling and addressing complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions. We've designed and executed transformative projects for more than 600 clients, including NASA, the World Bank, UNDP, Google, Nike and The Rockefeller Foundation. SecondMuse works globally and locally across sectors and domain areas.
What
SETS US APART
End-to-End Support
Unlike traditional consulting firms that stop at strategy, we see projects through to implementation, ensuring ideas become actions and impact is measured along the way.
Co-Creating Solutions That Work
By designing with and for key stakeholders, our approach validates opportunities and yields greater buy-in. This process results in more durable, de-risked solutions for lasting change.
Network & Relationship-Driven
We take a relationship-driven approach to all of our work, building and expanding networks that unlock new opportunities, fuel momentum and support systems-level transformation.
Mixed-Methods Expertise
We combine qualitative, stakeholder-driven methodologies with quantitative research and AI-enabled insights, for comprehensive learning and more impactful strategies.
Our
CONSULTING SERVICES
SecondMuse is a full-service partner, offering a tailored approach to unique challenges from conceptualization to execution. Our customizable services align with each phase of the SecondMuse Framework and can be provided individually or holistically.
RESEARCH
Uncover insights into critical issues, while simultaneously building shared understanding and momentum with key stakeholders.
STRATEGY
Embrace growth and impact strategies that are fit to succeed, rooted in diverse perspectives and responsive to changing market trends.
DESIGN
Partner with us to craft impactful, innovative programs and services informed by our rigorous research and co-creation process.
IMPLEMENT
Launch thoughtfully designed, de-risked solutions with confidence, leveraging our team to stand up new programs and services.
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PROJECTS

Regenerative Monterey
Through research and community-centered design, SecondMuse helped regional organizations identify practical, community-driven programs to generate jobs, attract investment, cut carbon emissions, boost biodiversity and establish Monterey as California’s first living model of a regenerative economy.
4
Discovery and Design Workshops
16+
Partnerships to Create 5 Pilot Projects
>150
People Engaged for the Program

Food System Vision Prize
SecondMuse partnered with The Rockefeller Foundation and IDEO, taking on the role of researching, developing and implementing the Food System Vision Prize, a program that invited companies, communities, governments and universities worldwide to envision and propose a regenerative and nourishing food system for 2050.
1,300
Submissions
119
Countries Participated
500+
Government Entities Involved

Tech Equity Working Group
The Tech Equity Working Group (TEWG) is a dynamic cohort of Chicago-based accelerators, incubators, and funds aligned across shared goals to design city-wide solutions and collective infrastructure to address gender and racial inequities for tech founders.
30+
Organizations Engaged
5
Pilots

Circular Innovation Strategy
he Circular Innovation Strategy, supported by the Reimagine Oregon Economic Opportunity Investment Fund, was a research-informed initiative to drive leadership and impact in Oregon’s circular economy.
“SecondMuse advised COR on the top market segments to pursue, including food, textile and construction waste, and how to position its value proposition for an ideal innovator collaborator. ”
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