We don’t have all the answers, but we know when we experiment and learn together, we can go further than we can go alone.

The BIF Community

We urge you to let loose your passion and join our network of innovators, transformation artists, and audacious change-makers.

BIF is accelerating innovation in the public and private sectors and unleashing the transformative power of our community. Tapping into the wisdom of our community gives us access to limitless knowledge. We don’t have all the answers, but we know that when we experiment and learn together, we can go further than we can go alone.

Join Us. Be part of designing the future.

If our genome and community resonates with you, why not get involved? BIF wants to go up the learning curve together, and offers a number of opportunities to join the conversation, become a member, engage in our Experience Labs, partner and invest. Please fill out the form below or contact Katherine.

  • Levels of Engagement

Levels of Engagement

  • Membership

    For companies and institutions who want to go up the innovation learning curve with us to better understand and practice business model innovation, we offer customized membership packages. For example, we work with members to leverage BIF’s experiential learning events including the Summit to move from inspiration to action. We also prepare customized innovation salons and help our members connect to the exciting work going on in our Experience Labs. Working closely with our members we design packages around their specific innovation needs and interests.

  • Partner and Invest

    We love to experiment with others, and are actively building our cadre of partners – individuals and institutions who want to accelerate experimentation and research in our Labs and across the BIF Platform. For more information, contact Eli.

  • BIF Experience Labs

    Connect with the BIF Experience Labs. Contribute your passion to transforming our most intractable systems—from health care to entrepreneurship, from energy to education. Your ideas matter. We are also happy to help you apply the insights and tools from our Experience Labs to enable transformation in your organizations and communities.

Community Channels

  • Twitter: @thebif

    Stay engaged with the latest conversations from the BIF community by contributing to our random collision of unusual suspects (#RCUS).

  • Facebook: Business Innovation Factory

    Daily potpourri of posts, pictures, and innovation chatter.

  • LinkedIn: Business Innovation Factory Community

    Business insights and contributions from a global network of innovators.

  • BIFSpeak Blog

    Hosted by our community, BIFspeak covers what’s current in the innovation space. From design thinking to business model innovation to system changing, the blog and bloggers always stay fresh and engaged.

  • Innovation Story Studio

    More than just an archive of cool videos, interviews, audio and narrative pieces, the Innovation Story Studio is BIF’s opensource knowledge platform for helping our community learn from each other.

  • BIF Book Group

    A community of book-loving BIF’ers who like to read, discuss and debate good books.

  • Innovation E-Blast

    Our e-newsletter keeps you current on Experience Lab activities, events, and happenings in our community.