We received lots of feedback that it would be useful to be more precise about the qualities of Interstitionaries, and what differentiates them. (Read this essay if you’re new to the word “interstitionary” and what it means.)

We designed this self-assessment tool to help Interstitionaries feel more seen and valued, and for teams to be able to see how different members' strengths and orientations may relate to one another.

We’d love your feedback about this assessment! You can see all the results here and provide any thoughts via this form.

We learn from complexity theory that a goldilocks number of random encounters are critical for creative emergence. Too many encounters and we’re overwhelmed. Too few and we get stuck in the bubble of our own pre-existing thinking.

For 2025, we’re beginning with the hypothesis that bi-monthly encounters with other Interstitionaries - randomly assigned - has the potential to generate a lot of “adjacent possibilities*”!

If you click here to sign up, you’ll be asked to share your name, email address and to consent to having your email address shared with another member of our community. Sign up any time! We’ll generate and send out new match-up assignments in March, May, July, September and November of 2025. 

Each cycle, you’ll find an hour to meet with your “Adjacent Possible Match” and then fill out a three question survey afterwards. We’d love to know: 

1. What areas of overlap did you find in your lives and interests? 

2. What were the most divergent interests and/or life experiences between the two of you? 

3. What idea from your conversation sparked the most interesting possibilities? 

*A term coined by complexity scientist Stuart Kauffman.

A strong theme in the survey is that Interstitionaries want to be better understood. A starting place for learning how to tell our stories to the world, is telling our stories to one another. 

On May 6 from 6-7:30pm Eastern, we’ll host a virtual storytelling event, inviting six self-identified Interstitionaries from different fields to tell stories about how they have worked in Interstitionary ways, and the impact of their interventions. At the end of the event, we’ll split into small groups to discuss themes that we heard across stories, and what those themes reveal about the nature of being an Interstitionary. 

RSVP to attend the event as an audience-member.

If you’re interested in telling your story, fill out this brief sign up form to let us know more about what you’d like to share!

We'll accept submissions for the May 6th event until end of day on February 28th. We'll make selections and contact speakers by early March for the May 6 event. If you submit to this form after February 28th, we'll save your info for a future storytelling event!