Category Archives: 21st Century Education

The New Reason to Work – My Book!

Posted on January 17, 2022 by roshanjpaul

On November 29, 2021, my book, co-authored with colleague and dear friend Ilaina Rabbat, was published! It’s available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback or hardcover, as well as on most other book-selling sites. We were delighted when the book reached #1 on … Continue reading →

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How to Build a Career that Will Change the World

Posted on January 17, 2022 by roshanjpaul

Along with my co-author Ilaina, I was delighted to join the co-founder of Escape the City for a fireside chat about our new book, The New Reason to Work. Watch the conversation here.

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Building a Career of Purpose – a Fireside Chat

Posted on May 25, 2021 by roshanjpaul

I really enjoyed speaking with the students of The Brandling’s “Brand the Change” online course. Watch the talk here: You can also read the transcript of the session here.

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An Unconventional Take on the Future of Education

Posted on August 20, 2020 by roshanjpaul

Arthan invited me to give a keynote speech at their virtual conference on Building Civil Society Organizations. You can read the text here. If you’re more of a video person, you can watch the recording here

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Chasing Off a Lion with a Mop: Graduation advice to our previous class in India

Posted on July 1, 2020 by roshanjpaul

During commencement speech season, a few months ago, I gave the following virtual speech to our class of graduating Amani Fellows in India. You can read the full speech here.

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A Medical School for Changemaking

Posted on May 18, 2020 by roshanjpaul

As part of their series on innovations in higher education, Ashoka U and the Stanford Social Innovation Review invited us to write about Amani Institute’s award-winning Social Innovation Management program. Here is the article we wrote for them.

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Walk Your Talk

Posted on April 30, 2019 by roshanjpaul

The Walk Your Talk event series is where changemakers around the world share stories of when they had to confront adversity and make a choice about how they are going to act, what decisions they take in the face of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 20, 2018 by roshanjpaul

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 by roshanjpaul

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

Posted on May 28, 2018 by roshanjpaul

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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