RESET Communities is a full-stack intermediary supporting local systems innovation and community economic development.
We believe wisdom already exists within communities — and that lasting change happens when local leadership, trusted relationships, and capacity are aligned to turn that wisdom into coordinated action for greater quality of life and stronger, more resilient local economies.
What RESET Does
RESET supports communities, organizations, and local leaders to work as interconnected ecosystems rather than isolated silos. Through five integrated strategies, RESET helps build the conditions for shared learning, systems coordination, community innovation, venture readiness, and long-term community wealth.
Communities everywhere are grappling with overlapping pressures: housing affordability, climate change, mental well-being, polarization, economic restructuring, and more. Traditional, top-down solutions tend to be fragmented and slow, leaving residents and leaders feeling stuck, overstretched, or working at cross purposes.
RESET responds by helping local actors work together in fundamentally new ways, grounded in community wisdom and aligned with global priorities such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ESG commitments. Why is this so important? As much as 65 percent of our world’s most pressing issues will not be fully addressed without being localized. (Source: UN, World Economic Forum, World Health Organization)
We can support your local leaders (formal and informal) to RESET YOUR COMMUNITY TO:
Motivate— build will, clarity, and shared purpose.
Mobilize — bring people, partners, and assets into action.
Maximize— strengthen coordination, opportunity, and impact.
Maintain — sustain learning, resilience, and long-term change.
R.E.S.E.T. Communities Collective increases responsiveness to complex challenges and opportunities by collaborating with multiple partners to provide a variety of support and services that enhance social, economic, and environmental well-being.
Future-readiness is increased by supporting capacity for (1) community-led development, (2) systems-practices, (3) strategic foresight, and (4) AI and digital optimization. We've learned these four components are necessary for the project and systems collaboration and informed decision-making that are essential for transformative change and innovation.
Innovative approaches require being bold, perseverance, tenacity and a sprinkle of panic.
-- Michelle Baldwin
Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.
--James Clear
Leadership today is about courage. Courage to realize our challenges are complex and no one individual, organization, or sector can resolve them on their own. That means we have to let go of the idea that we alone have the answers. Instead, we need to strengthen our individual and organizational competencies in order to become sector connectors who call meetings before we have the answers, aren't intimidated by messy, and can ensure a culture where all voices are heard. Only then, can our collective gifts, experience, and wisdom be focused on building a better future for all.
--Brenda Herchmer
In times of change it is the learners who inherit the future. Those who have finished learning find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
-- Eric Hoffer
