Every engagement we accept must have a measurable social return or impact angle.

What does that mean?
Our partners are organizations creating meaningful, systemic change — across health, climate, philanthropy, education, and more.

We’ve worked on impactful projects with incredible organizations.

Our Industries

  • Humanitarian & Foreign Aid

    We work alongside leading humanitarian and development organizations rethinking how they create impact in a rapidly changing world.

    Partners: Pact, RTI, Food for the Hungry, IRC, IDG, Spark Microgrant, Alight

  • Environment & Livelihoods

    Environment & Livelihoods

    We partner with organizations at the forefront of climate and conservation, shaping a future where people and planet thrive together.

    Partners: Rare, EcoAg, Rainforest Alliance, Roots Africa, Winrock

  • Health, Equity & Wellbeing

    We help pioneering health organizations design the future of care, equity, and wellbeing, starting with a deep understanding of people.

    Partners: JSI, AstraZeneca, ISEA, JSI behavioural insights

  • Education, Leadership & Learning

    We are reimagining the future of education and leadership with leading universities and organizations shaping how people learn, grow, and lead.

    Partners: HCD Exchange, Weeyacom, collaborateup/YUX

  • Public sector & Philantrophy

    We bring foresight and strategy to leading funders and public institutions turning bold visions for the future into action grounded in community.

    Partners: Bloomberg Philanthropies, UNFPA Jordan, UN asro, MIGA, InterAction

Case Studies

The Strategic & Cultural Reset

A How EcoAg Rebuilt from Crisis to Clarity

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The Strategic Foresight Initiative

How ISEA Future-Proofed Its strategy with Foresight, Not Fear.

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“Rising Solutions was a true partner in every sense of the word. Their team took the time to deeply understand our challenges and delivered solutions that not only addressed our needs but pushed our thinking in new directions and helped drive us forward. Their investment in our success came through in every area of the work!”

— Renee Baiorunos Carstensen, Organizational Development & Strategy at Rare

Meet the Founder

Michelle Risinger is an award-winning innovation strategist, facilitator, and speaker. Her career began with the American Red Cross in conflict zones, shaping her expertise in real-time problem-solving. She later served as Director of Innovation at Pact, managing a global innovation portfolio across 40 countries. 

A recipient of the 2019 End-User Transformation Award by Design Thinking USA, she holds a Master’s in International Peace and Conflict Studies from St Andrews. Michelle is a certified professional life coach, a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and holds a certificate from Cornell University in the Psychology of Leadership.

She founded Rising Solutions to address cultural and systemic barriers to workplace innovation. Since then, her client focus and company research have centered on the systematic and cultural failures that inhibit creativity and innovation in the modern workplace.