pierce otlhogile-gordon, ph.d.
I'm building curated social change education.
let's create together.
portfolio.
Dr. OG builds
knowledge and
artifacts and
community
for equitable social change.
Across discipline, industry, and geographical borders, he's helped changemakers support their professional and personal goals of system change. Each resources he's helped to build has synthesized and activated the creative impulse to build a more just, resilient, and communal global community.He deftly navigates the disciplines of innovation practice, evaluation capacity building, systems thinking, international development, and more. He's guided changemakers at community and national scopes across multiple continents, in the for-profit, academic, philanthropic, and non-profit sectors. Across his vast and eclectic professional journey, his work shares one principle:
to orchestrate the spread of agency and creativity across the world.
He holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, and summa cum laude B.S. degrees from the University of Michigan and Morehouse College.
cross-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH.
expanding knowledge oninnovation ecosystems,
liberation pedagogy,
social change capacity building,
network analysis of design,
and more.Click through. See something new.
EDUCATION WITHOUT BORDERS.
shaping minds onequity skillbuilding,
innovation + liberation,
practical co-design,
complexity evaluation,
systems thinking,
and more.Click through. See something new.
DESIGN WITHOUT LIMITS.
forming artifacts onorganizational design,
entreprenurship policy,
indigenous co-design,
mobile makerspaces,
COVID-19 PPE knowledge activation,
and more.Click through. See something new.
"How many of you want to live in the world you are designing?"- James Williams
in the wild.
"Pierce is a master facilitator with a keen eye for systems thinking, design justice, and all things equity."- Fiona M., Cybersecurity Expert
as seen in:
"One of the things that I admire more about Dr. Gordon is his ability to do deep dives into the most complex and complicated data and information, expound thoughtfully with the most strategic thinkers, AND rollup his sleeves and do dirty work with the team..."- Dr. Chris J., Executive | Innovator | Politician
"Dr. Pierce has the uncanny and uncommon ability to see both the bigger picture and the minute connections in a complex system. This allows him to develop some of the most innovative solutions to complex social problems. "- Dr. Amod Z., Conservation Ecologist
Equity Design Library.
Liberation's more creative than you think.This list has been curated over a decade of research, community engagement, and pure excitement over the growth of the topic.Here's a taste, with some of my favorite resources.
Scroll through. See something new.
The full list has been curated over a decade of research, with hundreds of other examples:inspiration,
tools,
research,
community,
and more.Here's a taste, from some recommended sites.
Note: The full list works best on a laptop.
digital bookstore.
These books changed my life.Note: These lead to affiliate links.
As an eternal student compelled by the intersection of liberation and transformation, I've been blessed to teach design, evaluation, international development, and equity across the globe.The core resource that made all of this possible?these books.This canon has offered me direction, solace, critique, concern, inspiration, and questions about how to build a better future.I pray they help you as well.
pierce otlhogile-gordon, ph.d.
innovation researcher. knowledge architect.your personal guide in finding
your place
in the world of equity design.
I'm building curated social change education.
let's create together.