Updated: Feb 20th, 2024, Owner/contact: @Melanie Wendland, Role: Design Practice

<aside> <img src="/icons/apple_gray.svg" alt="/icons/apple_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Theory of Change is a methodology or a criterion for planning, participation, adaptive management, and evaluation that is used in companies, philanthropy, not-for-profit, international development, research, and government sectors to promote social change. Our theory of change explains how what we do is connected to our impact on the world.

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The left hand of the theory of change outlines our activities within Sonder. They consist of four P’s: Paradigm, People, Process and Potential.

• Paradigm: Refers to the different approaches we combine in our work
• People: Us, the collective and our plural and diverse backgrounds, ways of working, skills and personalities
• Process: How we go about our work and how we involve others
• Potential (Projects): The potential that is created through our work, our projects or initiatives.

The theory of change suggests that by bringing different work paradigms together with a diverse set of people in processes we create the potential for impact that can lead to real outcomes that contribute towards our vision.

By better defining and understanding what these four Ps consist of at Sonder, we can create a foundation for our practice that is directed at impact and in support of our vision.

Funnelling our vision