HUMAN IMPACT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
The future of the built environment is people positive.
We help organizations create healthier places, better products, and stronger communities, and demonstrate and communicate the value they bring to people and businesses.
From good intentions to better outcomes.
WHAT WE DO
People Positive Strategy
We help organizations identify opportunities to create healthier places, better products, and stronger communities, and develop practical strategies to make them happen.
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Measurement & Proof
We assess what's working, what could be improved, and the difference projects, products, and initiatives make in people's lives. We combine research, data, and real-world experiences to demonstrate results.
Impact Communications
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We turn complex research and results into compelling reports, stories, and thought leadership that help organizations build trust, gain recognition, and make the case for investment.
Put People Positive to work.
The People Positive Project Series
Every project has a story worth understanding. We work with organizations to assess one project, product, or initiative, uncover its impact on people, and identify opportunities to do better.
Over six to eight weeks, we bring together research, evidence, and storytelling to deliver practical recommendations and a credible account of what the work has achieved.
People Positive assessment
Quantitative and qualitative findings
Opportunities for improvement
Metrics to track
Executive report and presentation
Published project feature and podcast, subject to client approval
THE BOOK BEHIND THE PRACTICE
People Positive
A practical way to understand who buildings affect, how responsibility travels and what more positive practice can look like.
Three Circles of Responsibility
The People Positive Spectrum
Four Gates of Adoption
The Missing Action
Five Sites of Impact
Liveable Ideas
Ideas, research, and perspectives on the people and practices shaping a better built environment.
Conversations with the people rethinking how we design, build, manufacture, and live.
Practical resources and research to help organizations make better decisions for people and the planet.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Gayathri Unnikrishnan
Gayathri is a strategist, writer and speaker working at the intersection of buildings, products and human impact. Before founding Liveable, she helped lead the development of WELL v2 at the International WELL Building Institute.
Author of People Positive
Living Future Hero
Designer, engineer, and standards leader