Building infrastructure for humanness to flourish in all our systems of care


Maria brings together research, strategy, and practice to help rethink the systems that shape how we live, work, and care.






Humanness is the condition of being permeable to a world that is real.



After twenty years in healthcare strategy and innovation, I saw that while we measured productivity well, we lacked systems to support what makes life meaningful. That's why I created the Humanness Lab: to research, design, and build the conditions for humanness to flourish.



Learn more

This is where I think out loud.



Questions I am sitting with. Books and writers who opened a door. Words I keep returning to. Things I saw in the world that would not leave me alone. Short pieces, written when something surfaces rather than on a schedule. The Project pages show the work. This page shows the thinking underneath it.


Explore more ideas




Let’s start a conversation


Contact


hello@mariayen.co

LinkedIn
Substack
X: @humannesslab 






© 2026 Maria Yen. All rights reserved.