PILLAR I
Network
The people who run districts, in one room.
- Standing cohorts of member districts and their place-leaders.
- Exchange, peer review, and friendship across geographies.
- A members' commons of cases, methods and people.
03 · The practice
Three pillars, one membership.
One membership carries the whole spine: the network that holds the practice, the framework and Index that measure it, and the recognition that rewards districts for doing it well.
The three pillars
PILLAR II
Practice
A shared method, and the instruments to run it.
- The District Intelligence Framework — a shared language across the four faculties.
- The Conscious Cities Index — instrumentation for wellbeing and belonging.
- Field methods: Experience Improvement Districts and The Big Sit.
PILLAR III
Recognition
Credit for districts that do the work well.
- Now: Signals — light, ongoing recognition of District-Intelligent practice.
- A members' showcase that lifts good work as it happens.
- Later: a flagship biennial honour, as the network earns authority.
04 · The network
Built so that everyone can belong.
Dues are on application, banded by district size and income, so a town of forty thousand stands in the same room as a metropolis of fourteen million.
Founding cohort · nine to twelve places
Founding Districts
For cities and towns ready to organise around how their district feels, and to be first on the record for it.
- A hand in writing the charter this network runs on
- Shaping rights on the District Intelligence framework
- All three pillars, with your practice written into the commons
- First cohort of the Conscious Cities Index
- Founding recognition, permanently
Cities & towns
Member Districts
For districts putting the practice to work on the ground.
- Network, Practice and Signals in full
- Annual participation in the Index
- Field methods: the XID model and The Big Sit
Individuals
Fellows
For place-leaders, planners and practitioners carrying the craft between districts.
- The practice commons and standing cohorts
- Peer review on live work
- Named contribution to methods and cases
Funders & allies
Partners & Patrons
For foundations and organisations backing the work at scale.
- Co-programming with the network
- Early access to Index findings
- Support for districts that need a hand to join
05 · The way in
Three steps, and a person at the other end.
Dues are on application, banded by district size and income, so a town of forty thousand and a metropolis of fourteen million can both take a seat. We reply personally to every application.
01
Introduce your district
A short form below — ten minutes. Tell us where you are, what you steward, and what you are working on right now.
02
A conversation
We walk your case with you, share how other districts approached theirs, and set out what membership would give you and what it asks of you. Dues are discussed here.
03
A cohort invitation
Founding District places are confirmed in cohorts of nine to twelve. The first cohort forms through 2026, with the practice commons opening to members as it fills.
Apply
Introduce your district.
Ten minutes, and a person reads every word. If you are earlier than this — curious rather than ready — the short email list on the home page is the lighter door.