With support from the J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation and the Ford Foundation, Commonwealth tested an interactive design workshop on March 1, 2016, convening a select group of experts to ideate around a specific consumer challenge: How might we combine savings and credit opportunities to help financially vulnerable adults manage unpredictable events? Besides providing a forum to innovate around a specific problem, this workshop represented a new model for Commonwealth to tap a reliably potent source of inspiration – its diverse network of thinkers and doers.

With support from the J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation and the Ford Foundation, Commonwealth tested an interactive design workshop on March 1, 2016, convening a select group of experts to ideate around a specific consumer challenge: How might we combine savings and credit opportunities to help financially vulnerable adults manage unpredictable events? Besides providing a forum…