Our shared flight

Creating a flourishing economy requires more than understanding individual organisations, industries or markets. It requires a systems perspective — one that recognises how business, finance, leadership and markets interact to shape societal and environmental outcomes.

Our Theory of Change focuses on four interconnected research pathways, which organise our expertise across a series of interconnected disciplines - that we call labs. Whilst they are not laboratories in the physical sense, they are platforms to develop ideas in collaboration with diverse networks of academic, business, policy and social stakeholders: 

Cutting across all four pathways is the Data Lab, which will be joined by a new Modelling and Simulation Lab and a Social Impact Lab in late 2026. These provide the evidence, analysis and testing environments that each pathway depends on to turn insight into practical outputs.

Our Research Pathway pages explore how each lab connects to the different pathways, providing the wider context behind our research ecosystem.

Together, our Labs bring researchers, practitioners, policymakers and industry partners together to explore critical challenges, generate evidence and develop practical solutions. They form the engine of Leonardo's research strategy, helping unlock new forms of economic, social and environmental value.