B Global x Design can help you grow and create more cohesion, growth, and impact in your community, supply chain, organization or academic institution.

B Global x Design (Be Global by Design) is a social enterprise focused on collecting and promoting global best practices in creative economies, innovation, community development, and social sustainability/ B Corporation practices. Engage us to support you in:

  • Creating more profitable supply chains aligned with “S” or “B” corporation values in emerging economies.

  • Engaging polarized or diverse members of your community to create policy platforms, improve the delivery of community services, improve your economic growth, and create strategies to attract innovation and creative industries.

  • Developing trade shows focused on sustainable products, B Corporation services and products, and global creative arts, food, fashion, design, and innovation.

  • Coaching businesses in emerging or under-represented economies, in the US and globally, in creative industries, including advertising, digital, and AI.

  • Developing comprehensive strategies to build innovation hubs to foster growth in developing countries.

  • Using a multi-stakeholder approach to develop creative economy roadmaps/ strategy, while sustaining the multi-stakeholder fora (education, business, nonprofit/ civic, media, and government).

  • Leading workshops, conferences and knowledge hubs on community development and the creative economy.

Our Services

  • Creative Economy Roadmaps, Placemaking, Policy, & Ecosystem Development

    We support the development of creative ecosystem roadmaps for your country, region, city, or small town. From squirrels in Almaty to design fairs in Detroit, we can advise on placemaking and strengthening creative industries

  • Talent, Workforce, Incubators, Innovation

    We build innovation workforces using the quintuple helix model (media, education, industry, government, nonprofit/ social enterprises) to increase the influence of local design and creativity as an impetus for local industry and social program development.

  • Ready-for-Market, Domestic & Export

    We support creatives and designers to support other industries find new markets through better packaging design, trade show readiness, R&D, entry into tourist markets, branding, market analysis, online shopping platforms, and more.

  • Branding, Marketing, Human-Centered Design, Advertising

    Strengthen the capacity of local business to support other industries and public officials to better understand needs, communicate messages, design products & programs, and reach new markets.

  • Social Connection and Social Impact

    Evaluate and support ways to increase cohesion and impact within communities, supply chains, marketplaces, etc. through HCD, increasing fun social activities (music, film, art, first Fridays, hiking groups, etc.), and creating stronger networks. This can include supporting cafes, event planners, retailers, hotels, community planners and others in creating local subcultures around local foods, music, art, or traditions.

  • B Global Café - Strengthening Global Creative and Design Industries & Networks

    B Global Café (forthcoming) is a multimedia platform we are inviting creatives, designers, changemakers, and those involved in the creative economy, to join and contribute their work, join with others in the network for collaboration, provide thought leadership, and have a platform to bring products and services to new audiences.

HOW WE WORK

B Global by Design is not your typical consulting and community engagement enterprise. At the engagement outset, you are assigned a consultant specializes in integrative (human-centered) design for social impact who will work with your team and internal/ external stakeholders to fully understand your needs and co-design our project. Throughout our engagement, we use various tools to engage stakeholders (even reluctant ones), facilitate feedback sessions, and deliver.

B Global by Design is building a membership structure and seeks to become the global resource on best practices in community development, stakeholder-led policy development, innovation economies, and creative economies. We seek members and partners to co-sponsor design/creative competitions, provide grants and revolving loans for creative enterprise, provide scholarships, contribute to our multimedia forum, host networking events, host peer-to-peer exchanges, and more.