

Global | Experience Design | Research Design
In the complex world
of public health
we see the people.
A globe-spanning team of behavioural scientists, public health experts, communicators, and designers.
We bring a people-first approach to solving the world’s toughest public health problems.
However illogical it seems, human behaviour is never a fault or a flaw. It’s a feature. The key is to understand it.
Through data, stories and design, we facilitate healthy decision making in communities across the world.
We don’t like guess work.
Before we are designers we are insightful listeners, respectful observers, and diligent researchers. We draw on the best of human-centred design, anthropology, and behavioural science to get a clear picture of the problem at hand.
We strategize to catalyze.
We develop systems that foster sustainable, healthy decision-making. Whether it be a strategy, a workshop or a product, we craft specific and elegant solutions that effectively influence behaviour.
We enrich numbers with narratives.
We bring stories from the sidelines to centre stage. We produce film, audio, and written stories to promote change, elevate voices, and bring the communities we serve into boardrooms of decision makers. It’s not content, it’s context.
Clients come to us with some of the toughest public health problems of our time. (We love that…)
This is our playroom. It's where we share what we're up to. What we're thinking about. What we're building.
In 2018, Common Thread got its face. Now six years later, it’s time for a facelift.
We were invited to join Dr. Bon Ku on the Design Lab Podcast to share a bit about who we are, what we do, and why behavioural design holds the key to better health for all.
In October, we celebrated five years of loving what we do and who we do it with.