Author Archives: roshanjpaul

6 Insights about changemaking – and the difference between knowing something and understanding it

Posted on December 20, 2018

A few weeks ago, I sat watching the final presentations from our class of Social Innovation Management Fellows in India. I was struck by 2 things. First, that in each presentation there was a deep insight, one that had the potential to … Continue reading →

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Are You Having an Intellectual Debate or a Religious One?

Posted on November 1, 2018

Ever find yourself in an argument where, no matter how much you feel the facts or even justice, is on your side, you simply cannot persuade the other person towards your point of view? This may be because you’re in … Continue reading →

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Selected as an Asia 21 Young Leader

Posted on October 27, 2018

In 2018, I was honoured to be selected as one of Asia Society’s Young Leaders of the 21st Century, and inducted into a wonderful and accomplished community of leaders across the continent. Click here to read more about the announcement!

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A Failure Playlist to Help You Sleep at Night

Posted on August 13, 2018

Failure is endemic to social impact work. Unfortunately, it’s also endemic to love. And thus, songwriters have always been able to tap into the bowels of failure to help us feel better with our lives. Published in the India Development … Continue reading →

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What to do, and what not: Putting my Harvard experience to use at Amani Institute

Posted on May 28, 2018

Last weekend, I returned to the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) for my 10-year reunion. At first it felt that I had studied there in a past life; so much has happened to me (and to the university) since I graduated. … Continue reading →

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My Stanford Social Innovation Review series

Posted on January 3, 2018

I’ve collaborated with the Stanford Social Innovation Review to write a series of articles about our work in social innovation education. Here is the list of articles I wrote or co-wrote as part of the series, in chronological order. In July 2017, we … Continue reading →

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The 12 Best Books I Read in 2017

Posted on January 3, 2018

I read 24 books in 2017. On LinkedIn, I shared the best 12, sorted in 3 genres, with a short review of each. Some are very popular today, and some are obscure. I would recommend every one of them.

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