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Now is Time for an Epic Reset.
Tenn Global and its innovation lab, the GEM Experiment, support the design and delivery of bold new approaches for achieving social impact.
In times of major societal upheaval it is time to reflect on How might we do things differently? Tenn Global is answering the call by collaborating with purpose-driven organizations to co-create innovative solutions that support transformative and lasting social change.
The GEM Experiment is Tenn Global’s innovation lab. It offers clients a learning and design space, that utilizes the design-thinking process to co-create novel strategies and interventions to advance human flourishing.
OUR VISION
We envision a socially just world where everyone has access to the opportunities they need to flourish and thrive.
OUR MISSION
To unleash the power of human-centered innovation to find the bold new solutions needed to advance social justice & human flourishing worldwide.
OUR VALUES
We are people-centered. We believe in science. We practice radical collaboration. We focus on strengths. We are powered by empathy, creativity and disruption. We stand for human rights, equality and justice.
TEAM
Tenn Global collaborates with a global network of experts who are committed to innovative and disruptive approaches to achieving a flourishing world.
Sharyn Tenn is Tenn Global’s Founder, CEO and Principal Consultant. She is a strategist, a design-thinker, and a social justice advocate. Her 25-year career has spanned five continents and has centered on partnerships for the design and delivery of innovations for social impact.
Sharyn currently provides human-centered design and advisory services to the International Partnership for Microbicides South Africa (IPMSA) and the Population Council. Her portfolio focuses on strategy, access and advocacy to ensure women have access to the dapivirine ring—the first, long-acting HIV prevention technology specifically for women.
She also serves as a member of the Steering Committee and co-chair of the Equity Working Group at the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) which advocates for investments in science and innovation to develop essential global public health technologies.