Strengths
Minnesota has made massive strides toward making government fit the lives and needs of people and our future in recent years. But that progress is not guaranteed. SDK specializes in creating calm and momentum in emotionally sensitive, structurally messy work. We help clients by providing strategies and messages that protect progress and implement change that respects their values and practical realities.
We apply that approach in:
Transportation
We bring humanity and creativity to transportation design, planning and policy.
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Health
We keep people and equity at the heart of health and social determinants policy and projects.
Technology
We help people understand technology changes, and help clients understand how digital inequity impacts programs and policy.
Environment
We help diverse groups understand each other and their impact on our natural resources.
Services
We weave diverse voices of broad engagement with complex data to unearth game-changing insights and novel approaches.
We use human centered design practices and facilitate inclusive processes to create plans that resonate with leaders and communities alike.
We partner with clients to help ensure new projects, policies and ways of working are understood and adopted.
Case Studies
Hi-Lake
Connectivity Blueprint
Telehealth
“SDK’s leadership and staff provided incredible guidance ....their ability to step-up quickly and the expertise SDK brought to CAAPB and the Capital Vitality Task Force with their years of experience working on projects such as this [helped] the Task Force to determine how $5m should be spent to increase vitality in the Capitol Area neighborhood. [SDK] helped instill a sense of trust and confidence in the path the Task Force is recommending.”
Erik Cedarleaf Dahl
Executive Secretary,
Capital Area Architecture and Planning Board