A reflection on the year past and the one to come
To start the year, it is great to take a moment to reflect on the year passed and consider our goals, hopes and dreams for the coming year. I am deeply grateful for those we collaborated with in 2024 and look forward to continued and new collaborations next year. I hope that your 2025 is filled with peace, love, and light.
peace
Despite the hustle and bustle of life, we hope you experience moments of peace. Here is a quick sensory meditation to use during times of stress and some Hygge tips to stimulate your relaxation vibes.
love
To us, it's all about love. That love leads to generosity of time, energy, and material goods. To share our love, we have made a donation to An Orphan's Dream on behalf of our friends & clients. Please enjoy "All My Love" featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin and Dick Van Dyke - who is still singing, dancing and smiling at age 98. A true inspiration.
light
It is so easy to be overwhelmed by the suffering and negativity that surrounds us. As innovators, we seek light and hope through imagination, collaboration and diligence. This reminds us of Ghandi's quote "Be the change you want to see in the world." In the coming year, let's offer our light to others and bring the hope.
Year in review @ Beneficent Design ...
projects
This year we continued to help organizations envision better experiences and refine their growth strategy and. We designed a workshop to teach human-centered design to health policy makers and led a co-creative workshop to bring regulators, people with lived experience, and clinicians together to understand how we can positively impact families impacted by substance use disorder and overdose. A big thank you to our clients who trusted us to help them achieve their objectives.
events
We hosted the inaugural Design for Dignity conference in June along in collaboration with ILN Consulting and hosted 125 people at the Massachusetts college of Art and Design. The conference included amazing keynote speakers, workshops, open space sessions and a concert by Berklee College of Music students. We have been hosting webinars further exploring the topic (like this one with Amy Heymans & Juhan Sonin) and we are in the process of planning the 2025 conference, so stay tuned via the Design for Dignity LinkedIn Group!
certifications
We are proud to announce that we have received accreditation with the WBENC as a Women's Business Enterprise, certification as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) with the State of Massachusetts and certification as a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) with the federal government (through Sam). Our NAICS codes are: 5415, 541511, 541512, 541611, 541613.
team
Our team of strategists, innovators, and designers has grown! We are able to bring the best talent out there together to help you achieve your goals. A big thank you to Angie, Chris, Himanshu, Humma, Jane, Leahanna, Lizzie, Robin, Shaunte and Thomas! We are so grateful to be on this wild ride of envisioning a better future with you!
What's coming next year?
predictions
Amy Heymans and Jane Sarasohn-Kahn recently discussed what the health industry may hold in store for us in 2025. Listen to the podcast!
working with you?!
Beneficent is a strategy consultancy dedicated to imagining new possibilities for people and organizations to thrive through better experiences, systems and digital products. Our mission is to create solutions that drive positive outcomes in health, finance, and the public sector through deep discovery, experience strategy, futures thinking and co-design.
I would love to discuss your goals and challenges and how are senior-level team can rapidly help you achieve outcomes. Let's chat!
