engagement, reimagined.
Our insights for doing engagement well so your investments and solutions last.
where listening turns into impact.
As energy demand rapidly accelerates, corporate investment expands and climate philanthropy grows, projects are moving into communities fast. This work requires a different level of trust—and trust is getting harder to earn.
At qb., we bring stakeholder voice in early, design with lived experience in mind and shape decisions that can move forward across operations, funding and the communities they affect.
A shift is already underway toward impact that is local, relational and accountable to real people. The strongest investments will be the ones communities recognize as their own, where people have a role in shaping what gets funded, built and sustained.
People-First Resilience: A Field Guide
For funders, corporate teams and practitioners working at the intersection of resilience and community. The question isn’t just what to fund, but how to do it in ways that communities trust, use and sustain. This field guide gives you seven design principles, five structural shifts and 10 questions to apply directly to your next investment or initiative.
Stakeholder Engagement That Doesn’t Suck
When a global company asked us to rethink how they engage communities, we threw out the template. This whitepaper is built from that work. Inside are 10 make-or-break actions and a practical approach to listening to people as whole people. Because resilience solutions have to work within the realities of everyday life.
If you’re funding or building resilience solutions, reach out.
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qb. is doing some of the most cutting edge work out there on strategy, engagement and a people-centered vision for sustainability. This is critically important, because it has never made sense to approach sustainability as a top-down, directive effort.
Alison Taylor
Clinical Associate Professor, NYU
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The City of Galena Park benefited immensely from the Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park's involvement with qb. Our Disaster Preparedness Program would be non-existent without their help! We look forward to qb.'s future guidance in our community projects.
Stefanie Martinez
Executive Director, Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park
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qb. is an exceptional firm that truly understands and prioritizes community engagement. They serve as a powerful bridge between businesses and the communities companies impact. It has been a genuine pleasure to work with and engage alongside their team.
Joy Semien
Executive Director, L.E.E.D. With Joy LLC