Case Studies

  • Partnering to Manage the World's Great Rivers

    Partnering to Manage the World's Great Rivers

    CBI helped The Nature Conservancy expand international networks for integrated, sustainable river basin management.

    November 14, 2017

    The Nature Conservancy engages CBI to design and facilitate a global process to expand its Great Rivers Partnership to include new river basins, broaden its network of International River Basin Management partners, and establish a plan for integrated management.

  • Advancing Economic Opportunity in North Carolina

    Advancing Economic Opportunity in North Carolina

    CBI helped the North Carolina Leadership Forum identify the state's socioeconomic challenges and outline possible solutions.

    November 14, 2017

    CBI helps the North Carolina Leadership Forum identify the state’s socioeconomic challenges and outline possible solutions.

  • Facilitating Humanitarian Planning for Yemen

    Facilitating Humanitarian Planning for Yemen

    CBI designed and facilitated a consultative meeting that involved more than 100 leaders and practitioners focused on humanitarian relief.

    November 14, 2017

    In partnership with the UN Country Team, the World Bank, and the European Union, CBI facilitates a meeting of over 100 international and Yemeni leaders and practitioners focused on humanitarian relief.

  • Defining the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Vision

    Defining the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Vision

    CBI led an inclusive, board-driven process to create a five-year strategic plan for the American Academy of Pediatrics to better meet its mission in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

    November 14, 2017

    The American Academy of Pediatrics hires CBI to assist with creating a five-year strategic plan to maintain and enhance the organization’s relevance.

  • Setting a 10-year Strategy for LA County Transportation

    Setting a 10-year Strategy for LA County Transportation

    CBI helped the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s executives and Office of Extraordinary Innovation clarify strategic priorities for the region and the agency.

    November 14, 2017

    The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation brings in CBI to facilitate workshops, with the CEO and agency executives, to create a roadmap for its direction and strategic priorities forming the backbone of the Metro strategic plan.

  • Building Tanzania's Government's Capacity to Negotiate Major Contracts

    Building Tanzania's Government's Capacity to Negotiate Major Contracts

    CBI helped train Tanzanian government officials to negotiate with multinational energy companies.

    November 14, 2017

    Through the UONGOZI Institute, a national leadership development center, the Tanzanian government requests that CBI provide a highly-tailored, intensive training program on negotiating major oil, gas, and infrastructure contracts, designed for senior staff from key ministries.

  • Beyond NIMBY: Exploring Stakeholder Landscape Values and Wind Energy Development

    Beyond NIMBY: Exploring Stakeholder Landscape Values and Wind Energy Development

    CBI assists Macalester College to design and lead intensive stakeholder workshops across the country to better understand opposition to wind energy.

    November 14, 2017

    CBI assists a research team from Macalester College in the design and planning of a series of public engagement workshops focusing on wind energy development in Massachusetts, Michigan, and Minnesota.

  • New England Communities Engage on Climate Risk

    New England Communities Engage on Climate Risk

    Collaborative project demonstrates that role playing can help build awareness of climate change adaptation issues.

    November 14, 2017

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Science Impact Collaborative and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System partner with CBI on a two-year action research project to explore the potential of “serious games” to raise awareness about climate change adaptation.

  • Facilitating Tribal Input on Indian Land Consolidation

    Facilitating Tribal Input on Indian Land Consolidation

    CBI facilitates culturally sensitive, participatory consultation meetings between Native American Tribes and the U.S. Department of the Interior, leading to an implementation plan.

    November 14, 2017

    CBI facilitates seven culturally sensitive, participatory consultation meetings between Native American Tribes and the U.S. Department of the Interior, which lead to a settlement implementation plan for one of the largest class action lawsuits in U.S. history.

  • Helping WWF Drive Conservation Impact Through Collaboration

    Helping WWF Drive Conservation Impact Through Collaboration

    CBI supports the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) with strategic planning and designing dialogues to develop responsible production standards

    November 14, 2017

    CBI supports the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) with strategic planning, as well as facilitates and helps design WWF dialogues aimed at developing environmentally and socially responsible production standards for commodities and goods, including farmed seafood, beef, and timber.

  • Assessing and Facilitating a Governance Structure Redesign for PJM Interconnection

    Assessing and Facilitating a Governance Structure Redesign for PJM Interconnection

    CBI and Raab Associates, Ltd. (a CBI Partner) facilitate a stakeholder process to transform the governance of PJM Interconnection, the largest regional transmission organization in the U.S.

    November 14, 2017

    CBI and Raab Associates, Ltd. facilitate a stakeholder process to transform the governance of PJM Interconnection, the largest regional electricity transmission organization in the U.S.

  • Creating Effective International Development Partnerships with the United Nations

    Creating Effective International Development Partnerships with the United Nations

    CBI develops a long-term partnership with several levels of the United Nations Development Group's leadership, providing facilitation, assessment, training, and capacity building.

    November 14, 2017

    CBI works with United Nations Development Group's global leadership and UN Country Teams, facilitating alignment on key strategic priorities and plans; and building leadership capacity for stakeholder engagement, negotiation and conflict resolution.