Mehul Sangham

Interdisciplinary researcher, strategist, systems theorist and information scientist with extensive experience leading transformational initiatives at the intersection of technology, culture, and systems change.

I build narrative capacity for organizations working in complex social, cultural, and institutional environments. My work focuses on helping teams develop the internal ability to map meaning, interpret shifting narrative landscapes, and design narrative-led interventions that support systems change.

I am Co-Founder and Managing Director of Narrative Intelligence Systems, where I lead the development of knowledge infrastructure and analytical tools that support narrative intelligence in practice. This includes building semantic systems, knowledge graph architectures, and machine learning pipelines that enable organizations to trace how narratives form, how meaning spreads, and where strategic opportunities for intervention are emerging. Our work equips institutions to move beyond reactive communication and toward sustained narrative capacity and long-term cultural influence.

Previously, I served as Executive Director of Culture Hack Labs until June 2025, leading strategic vision, research, and program development in narrative-led systems change. I worked with the team that launched the Rhizome Fellowship, bringing together narrative practitioners, organizers, and researchers to develop shared methods for cultural transformation. Our projects integrated cognitive linguistics, behavioural economics, and data analysis to design practical frameworks for narrative strategy and collective action.