Bring an Existing Project to a Lab

Use the ASG Lab ecosystem to strengthen an existing project without restarting it.

Your Pathway

1. Show → 2. Find the Labs → 3. Question → 4. Connect → 5. Examine → 6. Expand → 7. Feed Back

1. Show

Give the Lab a concise picture of the project.

Share its objective, beneficiaries, current approach, partners, progress, challenges, and major assumptions.

2. Find the Labs

Identify which Lab perspectives could strengthen the project.

A project does not need to "belong" to the Lab.

A food-security project, for example, could seek perspectives from Zero Hunger Lab, Sustainable Energy Lab, Social Finance Lab, or AI4Gov Lab.

3. Question

Identify what the project team is uncertain about.

Ask the Lab to explore questions rather than simply endorse the project.

4. Connect

Find relevant expertise, stakeholders, Fellows, researchers, institutions, and other projects.

[Find an ASG Fellow] [Find a Partner] [Explore ASG Labs] [Ask ChatGPT]

5. Examine

Look at the project from multiple perspectives.

Explore systems effects, stakeholder reactions, institutional constraints, unintended consequences, and alternative interpretations.

6. Expand

Identify new possibilities.

These could include new partners, research questions, prototypes, financing mechanisms, policy opportunities, or complementary interventions.

7. Feed Back

Bring useful learning into project operations.

Do not create a parallel Lab process disconnected from implementation.

Lab Learning → [Run the Project]

Return to the Lab when new questions emerge.

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