By nurturing a social habitat in which unusual connections happen normally, we will naturally discover new pathways. But we will also consciously encourage it to happen.

Basecamp's strategy for discovering the missing pathways will be to:

• Encourage would-be "pathfinders" to turn Discoveries into Expeditions (i.e., exploratory projects that - depending on the nature of the project - may need a goal, timeline, budget and other resources, plus an Expedition Party of committed people),
• Actively help would-be pathfinders to outfit Expeditions with the necessary elements and support,
• Marshal and invest Basecamp resources into Expeditions, when appropriate, and
• For the largest Discoveries, convene dedicated events to draw together a critical mass of like-motivated people to spark the emergence of multiple Expeditions.

Expeditions also help form the missing understanding. So Basecamp will also:

• Support every Expedition to publish an output - an Expedition Log - that captures what was tried, why it was tried, and what was learned from the effort,
• Publish these Logs to Basecamp's public knowledge platform, and
• Support the authors in creating public interest and conversations around their Expeditions.

Expeditions demonstrate which new pathways lead in a fruitful direction, and open them up so that wider society can walk them. They also generate new questions to enrich the social habitat of Basecamp.

We don't yet know exactly what successful Expeditions that come out of Basecamp look like, but we already know some of their distinguishing features:

• They don't aim to put out the latest fire. Instead, they are long-term responses aimed at deeper, slow-burn crises. They are responses with 5-, 10-, 20-, 50-, even 100-year horizons.
• We can all believe in them. They arouse less knee-jerk suspicion than the "solutions" that we typically see. They feel more organic and less industrial. They feel more like conscious shifts and less like forceful shoves.
• We all have a part to play in their success. They can only succeed "for society" if accompanied by personal change to be, think and/or act differently - specifically, at a more social level
• They are fueled by awareness, not ego. They are energized less by the "hero-leader-savior" and more by "collective will".
• They feel less simple ("1 Trillion Trees") and more "as complex as needed".

A few of the first Expeditions to have come out of (or grown via) Basecamp include:

• An Artist At Every Table: A global invitation to help decision makers shift how they see "The Arts", from a form of entertainment to a mindset that helps uncover blind spots and catalyze creativity. This Expedition aims to introduce and integrate self-described "artists" into decision makers' most important conversation circles.
• A Pandemic Of Health: A whole-of-society movement launched by eminent health professionals to shift public understanding of healthcare, and public healthcare systems, away from "diagnosing disease and treating illness" toward "recognizing and nurturing wellbeing". The Expedition's next milestone is to convene a Basecamp dedicated to this movement.
• Purposing Public Schools: A vigorous, global conversation about the Purpose of schools, the aim of which is to significantly shape the trajectory of educational investments and policy. The Expedition aims to mobilize three essential, missing voices in the policy conversation: the student voice; the voice of parents (as partners in education); and the voice of teacher unions around the world.
• Machine Learning for Women in Education: A collaborative research project that brings together experts in development education (Commonwealth of Learning), experts in data science (BCG Gamma) and women to understand why the substantial progress being made toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals in women's education is often not translating into improved learning and livelihoods.