From intention to shared action for education systems and cities

I’m Jeremiah Tesolin, an independent strategic designer. I help governments, UN agencies and cities find the path to where they want to go, bring people with them, and make the tools they keep using. What I care about is that plans reach the teachers, residents and young people they were made for.

Recent work includes strategic design for UNICEF’s global hub for digital education and learning innovation. I also coach city teams across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Oceania.

Two core specialisations:

National Education Systems 

Strategic Design Lead for UNICEF’s global hub for digital education and learning innovation. I work with UNICEF country offices to help education ministries turn plans for technology into better learning for every child, from scaling national programmes to AI that supports teachers.

Scaling pathways | AI for teachers | Human-centred design

City Innovation Capabilities

Innovation coach and programme designer for city teams on four continents. I help teams turn ambitions into projects that improve residents’ lives, and build the skills to keep going on their own. I specialise in complex challenges such as:
– Employment and economic development
– Digital public services
– Partnerships across public and private sectors

City coaching | Programme design | Regional training

Photo: CENDLOS – Accra

Designing for Emergent Living

All my work returns to the same question: how do good intentions become shared action?

It’s easy for organisations to produce strategies, reports and content, but far harder to build shared action. That only emerges when people have the space to shape a direction together and believe in it. Designing for emergent living means creating those conditions, through the process and the tools that a group uses along the way.

I’m developing this thinking through the work, and it changes with every project, from education ministries to city halls.