Getting Started with TSI
We’re excited that you’re interested in Tri-Sector Innovation (TSI)! Our goal is to help you apply TSI in practical ways that will make your organization and networks more successful and impactful.
Think of TSI as a new perspective, like putting on a pair of glasses with a tri-sector lens. With this lens, you can reimagine resources, tackle challenges, and discover new opportunities. By leveraging the strengths of all three sectors, you can create and scale impactful solutions.
On this page, you'll find everything you need to get started: an informative TSI overview video, free access to four innovation tools, and resources to help you dive deeper into TSI.
Are you ready to tri-sectorize? Let’s get started!
Learn the TSI Fundamentals
Watch this in-depth introduction to Tri-Sector Innovation (TSI) and learn how TSI strengthens business models and drives impact.
Uncover Resources & Opportunities
The Tri-Sector Resource Explorer is a free AI assistant that helps you find resources, connections, and ideas across all three sectors. Find ways to maximize your impact, grow, innovate, and thrive. Whether scaling an initiative, seeking a fresh approach, or building new partnerships, this tool is here to help.
Give it a try. You’ll need an OpenAI/ChatGPT account (a free account is sufficient). Get a quick start with helpful prompts & tips.
Experiment, Explore, & Reimagine
The TSI Canvas is a one-page silo-busting ideation tool designed for entrepreneurs and innovators from all sectors. The canvas helps you solve problems, find opportunities, and develop strategies using the tri-sector innovation approach.
Download a pdf of the canvas or use the interactive Miro canvas template. Watch video guide.
Create Your Own Tri-Sector Strategy
The Tri-sector Equation helps innovators solidify their TSI business model by getting specific about how to strategically combine and align existing resources, and identifying the ‘give-get’ and aligned self-interests of organizations, creating a win-win-win solution.
Try it for yourself and download the worksheet.
Interview with Intent
A good question is the key to unlocking insights, ideas, and solutions, especially when asked to people you want to understand — whether they are end users, customers, community members, people impacted by an issue, or others.
Read more about what adding just two questions can do for your interviews!
Expand Opportunities
Resources are not generally catalogued or organized in a way that supports finding and aligning them. Tools are needed to map, organize, and find/discover resources — this is why we created the NewImpact Wiki, a platform that helps entrepreneurs, innovators, and policymakers identify opportunities across the three sectors.
Request free access to the NewImpact Wiki today!