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Learn through experiments

Find focus by quickly adapting and evolving

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Torchbox team sit around table at values day, using post-it notes for a workshop session
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Miles, Rachel and Dan look to their left as they chat during a team workshop

Our method of finding the best solution is to use safe-to-fail experiments and micro-projects.

This allows us to learn what works, what doesn’t and to make evidence-based decisions.

This approach reduces risk and creates trust in the decisions we make collectively, as we’re able to prove the path to success.

  • Design sprints

    Accelerate decision making

    Run focused sprints that turn complex challenges into testable solutions in days.

  • Intervention design

    Creating lasting change

    Design targeted interventions that address root causes, leading to sustainable transformation across systems.

  • De-risk innovation

    Experiment: design and delivery

    Turn big ideas into small, safe-to-fail experiments that build evidence for change while protecting your investment.

  • Rapid prototyping

    Validate with confidence

    Turn concepts into tangible prototypes to get user feedback fast, saving months of potential misdirection.

  • Scale that works

    Pilots and micro-projects

    We'll help test ideas in controlled environments before full rollout, ensuring resources are invested in proven solutions.

  • Prove your impact

    Measurement and evaluation strategy

    Create frameworks that demonstrate value and build stakeholder confidence, turning data into compelling evidence for change.

Test early, keep investment in design ideas low

Paul Vetch Chief Strategy Officer, Public Sector

Who we've helped

Our thinking

Ready to transform ideas into evidence-based solutions?

Book a discovery call to explore how our experimental approach can address your specific challenges.

Ellie Ashman Director of Public Sector Practice

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