IDENTITY
IDENTITY IS MORE BASIC THAN BRAND, ESSENCE MORE BASIC THAN FUNCTION.
Today's biggest challenges are not cultural decay, civil unrest, political polarization, poverty, racism, or human trafficking. While these realities are disheartening and disastrous, they remain mere symptoms of deeper rooted causes. That is why, if we truly want to rid ourselves of these horrid realities, we must attended to their roots. Moreover, if we truly want thriving and humane cultures then merely pulling our cultural weeds is also not enough and why we ought to desire cultivating redemption, the unity of human diversity, and human flourishing in their place.
Seeing the magnitude of this task, however, many say the future of humanity is dire. But we say, that can be true only insofar as people choose to believe it. In contrast, the degree to which we seek truth, affirm human dignity, develop our unique talents, maximize our creativity, and empower others to do the same, is the degree to which there is extraordinary hope to foster vibrant and humane cultures and subcultures. And Flume is being developed to help ensure that hope is realized.
ESSENCE
Flume embodies an integrative model: a philosophically profound, humanities-rich think tank dedicated to exploring the essence of the human person, fostering flourishing, and sharing these insights with the world. As a creative studio, it draws on a unique framework to challenge the status quo through a strengths-based lens. Flume thrives as a visionary collaborative, inspiring an optimistic outlook on the future, while operating as a social enterprise that upholds integrity and excellence across both for-profit and nonprofit initiatives. In essence, Flume is part think tank, part creative studio, part entrepreneurial venture, and part philanthropic pursuit—all driven by unwavering vision.
In respects to its legal bones, Flume is one idea that consists of two companies:
Flume Social Enterprise, L3C exists to offer its unique knowledge-based and flourishing-focused services for-profit. This ensures our productivity is forced to be sharpened by the world’s marketplaces of ideas and commerce, a portion of which profits are also donated to our philanthropic arm.
Flume Philanthropy, 501c3 is a non-profit organization that exists to provide free Flume services and dynamic educational programs to serve youth and others who are at-risk, marginalized, and underprivileged. Funding for Flume Philanthropy is made possible through small grants, gifts from like-minded donors, and dedicated portions of profits from Flume, L3C.
VISION
Flume sees an increasingly dignified world teeming with the good, true, and beautiful; and a flourishing human race with the capacity, clarity, and creativity to steward and enjoy it forever.
MISSION
Flume is a visionary think tank that exists to know the essence and dignity of the human person and to make it known; to foster the redemption of the human condition; and to help human cultures flourish with meaning, peace, creativity, and the good, true, and beautiful.
Bending that light through a prism, that is to say Flume exists to:
Counter the narratives of narcissism and nihilism with visions of clarity, meaning, truth, optimism, and hope.
Advocate for a highly positive, dignified, and holistic view of the human person in the public square and every human institution; including a humane and ontologically coherent view of human diversity.
Cultivate peace and redemption by helping resolve, remedy, and restore the vast stories of injustices and dehumanization throughout today’s contemporary world and human history.
Foster humane discourse in the public square that both honors human variation and seeks truth above all else.
Equip and empower global citizens and citizens of the Free World to be good stewards of the freedoms they have, and using them to possess, share, and foster the good, true, and beautiful.
Help hurting individuals, families, and communities find meaning, healing, redemption, and flourishing in and through their suffering.
Help the West and broader world nonviolently heal its many divisions by fostering the natural fusing of the many false dichotomies that have fractured it—internally, horizontally, and vertically.
Provide insightful, organic, and bottoms-up solutions to personal, organizational, social, and global challenges.
Foster the capacity in leadership to connect the qualitative, quantitative, communicative, and humane components into their identity, brand, services, and supply chains.
Inspire a humane love for leaning, language, reading, writing, storytelling, the arts, wellness, and cross-cultural experiences.