THE CHALLENGE
The way we solve problems is insufficient. The system that propels us from understanding–> innovation–> solution has left our generation without the tools and strategies to address the vital and often intractable challenges we face in matters of health, resources, infrastructure, and economic opportunity. It is not that the system acceded to us is necessarily broken or obsolete. It works as well as it ever has in solving the types of challenges it was created to overcome. But the problems, inherited and anew, as well as our understanding of the problems – and of ourselves – have evolved; the cast is simply not molded to address the social, environmental, and economic challenges we now find inextricable and inevitable. If we are to bring about the transformation these issues require, we have the preeminent challenge of first reinventing the way in which we problem solve.

THE IMPERATIVE
The demand for infrastructure, healthcare, and opportunity is of greater consequence now in a smaller, more demanding world. The needs of a living planet and the repercussions of our behaviors are imminent. The increasing interdependence of these issues makes each more significant. The elevated importance of each issue requires us to select, understand, and design solutions with greater complexity and intelligence; it impels us to treat the struggles of all people and our planet as our own. It is at these decisive crossroads that the imperative to reexamine, reinvent, and redesign is as selfless as it is an urgent expression of our own interest in self-preservation and collective permanence.

OUR ABILITY
Despite the magnitude of the challenge, no problem has ever been beyond our collective ability. The global community is endowed with the resources and skills to solve any challenge it faces. In our charge to reinvent the way in which we solve problems, we must advance the way we use these collective riches. We must call upon and orchestrate all the necessary resources from government, business, academia, technology, and philanthropy. These sectors cannot exist without each other yet do not work together often or productively enough to produce complete and sustainable solutions. It is together through meaningful collaboration and integration of our collective human, technological, and economic assets that lies our greatest potential.

And we see progress all around us. The interests of the environment are beginning to permeate endeavors of commerce and policy; markets and capital are forming around the needs and wants of the worldʼs poorest; and social entrepreneurs are cultivating transformative value propositions and driving innovation in the niches between private and public services. We created SEEDR L3C to aid in this reinvention of how we solve problems. SEEDR is a mechanism for redesigning the very tools and strategies we use to bring transformation to our greatest challenges.