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Thinking about Starting up a Co-op?

Starting a new business and wondering if a cooperative structure might be right for you? Co-ops are a great option for all sorts of…

4 min readMay 21, 2022

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Building a Car, Here is the Key

What can we do to create effective environments to solve multi-stakeholder problems?

4 min readMar 22, 2022

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Porsche lineup at Dominion Raceway, Thornburg, VA, USA. IMAGE CREDIT: Laurel Haak CC-BY-4.0

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Evolving through Experimentation

Implicit in the idea of innovation is a word that’s less likely to be bandied around as a desired goal — failure. By investing in smart…

4 min readApr 23, 2022

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Fungi and bryophytes living on decomposing log. Boulder Lake, WI, USA. IMAGE CREDIT: Laurel Haak, CC-BY-4.0

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Rooting Social Ventures in Communities they Serve

Entrepreneurial ventures with a central societal mission are critical for solving problems that cannot or are not addressed by traditional…

4 min readJan 20, 2022

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Red-leved oak tree in forest of autumnal colors. Wehr Nature Center, Greenfield, WI, USA. Image Credit: Laurel Haak. CC-BY-4.0

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Governance Drives Mission Relevance for Social Ventures

Stakeholder governance is not only critical for the management of social ventures; it’s also the driving force that ensures community…

4 min readFeb 14, 2022

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Craggy bark of an old silver maple tree, covered with moss and lichens. Townsend, WI USA. Image credit: Laurel Haak. CC-BY-4.0

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The (500-mile diameter) Family Circle

Storytelling is a fundamental part of creating a vision. Stories set tone and context. They make it possible to imagine yourself in the…

6 min readAug 4, 2021

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Virtual Innovation

As we emerge from our COVID shell, here are some workplace innovations worthy of continued use.

5 min readJun 29, 2021

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Research is Chaordic: Let’s Recognize its Many Splendors

Researchers are some of the most innovative people in the world, and yet continue to use a hundreds-year old singular method to share…

4 min readJun 23, 2021

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A profusion of blooms climbing a wall in the kitchen garden at Kew, UK.

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Groundhog Day: The Plight of Postdoctoral Researchers

Let’s drive innovation by re-envisioning postdoctoral research as a fixed term “Tour of Duty”, with embedded offboarding, alumni services…

5 min readApr 20, 2021

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Sunset under clouds above a frozen lake, Wisconsin. IMAGE CREDIT: Laurel Haak

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Dichotomies: Rituals and Innovation in the Workplace

Humans tend to create dichotomies. Either this or that. Heaven or hell. Chocolate or peanut butter. Moss or rolling stone. Ritual or…

4 min readNov 5, 2020

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Green moss on a granite boulder. Photo by author. CC-BY license.

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L Haak

L Haak

I am passionate about trust-building to foster communities. My practice areas are digital infrastructure and identity, decision frameworks, and product strategy

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