Who We Are
A cultural strategy and advisory firm advancing clarity and cultural intelligence within civic and cultural institutions.
What We Do
We work with leaders to strengthen positioning, sharpen narrative direction, and deepen how institutions engage the communities they serve. Our approach integrates strategic rigor with cultural context, ensuring that communication reflects not only what institutions do, but what they stand for within a shifting social landscape.
What We Believe
We believe culture is not a backdrop, but a shaping force, structuring how meaning is formed, how values are expressed, and how futures are imagined and realized.
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Cultural Foresight & Strategic Guidance
We work with leaders to interpret cultural shifts, anticipate emerging expectations, and clarify long-term direction.
Grounded in cultural intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, and strategic foresight, our work supports decision making during moments of growth, transition, or reorientation. We help leaders understand how meaning, legitimacy, and relevance are evolving so they can act with intention, confidence, and care.
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Cultural Expression & Narrative Design
We translate strategy into cultural expression, advising on how institutions are experienced in public life. We design the narrative architecture that guides campaigns, digital platforms, exhibitions, and programming, ensuring alignment between visual identity, language, and experience.
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Narrative & Institutional Positioning
We work with institutions to clarify who they are, what they stand for, and how they are understood within a complex local and global cultural landscape. Through narrative strategy and positioning, we align mission, values, leadership voice, and public presence, ensuring institutions communicate with coherence, credibility, and purpose.
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Cultural Initiatives and Consumer Brands
We work with cultural initiatives and consumer brands whose influence extends beyond the market into the cultural landscape they help shape. We support organizations engaging local and global multicultural audiences within shifting value systems and evolving expectations, helping them define purpose, strengthen narrative, and express their ideas with coherence and care.
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Cultural & Civic Organizations
We partner with cultural and civic organizations to support thoughtful participation within a shifting cultural and global landscape. From museums and cultural centers to public initiatives and cross border programs, we help organizations clarify their role, articulate their values, and align leadership, programming, and public presence with long term purpose.
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”The insights provided are valuable to our team and expand our knowledge of the field at large while also encouraging us to think outside of the box. The tactical approach to communications is helpful in building strategies for our campaigns.
”E36 provides clear direction, concise goals, and suggestions, and a positive and creative atmosphere.
”It truly feels like a wrap-around partnership... the quality of relationship building, which accompanies the deep communications work is incredibly valuable in the way in produces clear and knowledgeable content.
”E36 has done a great job of jumping in and quickly elevating our work.