We wanted to build an organisation that solves global challenges by building functional systems, without becoming part of those systems, and hence without adding more complexity. Since we found no existing template for this type of organisation, we came up with the term “system accelerator”. We believe that an organisation of this type can achieve fast progress on global challenges like climate change, environmental degradation and health - challenges where involvement of many different types of stakeholders is necessary, and where everyone benefits once the goal is achieved but the financial incentives are not aligned with achieving the goal.