Diagnose a live system
We pick one real organization or policy and run the Perverse Incentive Lens together, in the room.
Events
Working sessions on the incentive systems shaping the quarter.
Closed-door. On the record inside the room, off the record outside. Members attend free. Consortium seats are complimentary. A small number of guest seats open per event.
What happens in the room
Three things, every time.
Stress-test a redesign
Members bring a draft incentive blueprint; the room red-teams the second-order effects.
Set the research agenda
We vote on the next HBT entries, case studies, and Observatory submissions to prioritize.
The series
Four ways the Lab convenes.
Quarterly · Invite only
The Working Session
A half-day closed room on one live incentive system, hosted with the Consortium. Chatham House rules.
Monthly · Members
The Lens Hour
A one-hour virtual diagnostic where members submit an artifact and the room scores it live.
Twice a year · Hosted
The Council Retreat
Two days with the founding Council and invited researchers. By application; up to forty seats.
On request · Yours
The Off-Site
A working session designed for your leadership team or board. We bring the protocol; you bring the system.
House rules
Why the room works.
- • On the record inside the room. Off the record outside.
- • Everyone in the room is a working practitioner, not an observer.
- • Every session ends with a written artifact: a redesigned blueprint, a research note, or a case study.
- • No press, no recordings, no slideware. The room is the deliverable.
Waitlist · Next cohort
Tell us what you'd want the room to work on.
We confirm dates four weeks out and invite waitlist members first.
Members attend free. Become a Member · Consortium seats complimentary · Meet the Consortium.