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Open development

Compass v2.0 beta

An emerging edition of the Compass that treats commissioning as collective system learning and makes place, power and the conditions for living well more explicit.

Beta

Commissioning as collective system learning

Compass v2.0 asks a wider question: how well are we shaping the whole system? It examines how a place forms the relationships, capabilities, and arrangements that help people live well.

The beta is more explicit about power, learning, place and community. It is deliberately open to challenge while it develops.

Help improve it

Use the draft with a real issue. Notice what it makes visible, what it hides, what is hard to answer and what language does not fit. Then share that evidence with us.

A useful contribution is specific. Tell us what you were trying to understand, who used the tool, where the conversation moved and where it stalled.

Start with the work

Tell us what is happening, who needs to act, and what cannot wait.

We will help you decide whether a short diagnostic, an in-house cohort, a place-based academy, or an existing programme is the sensible next move.