Category Archives: Social Change

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

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

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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A Failure Playlist to Help You Sleep at Night

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

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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My Stanford Social Innovation Review series

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

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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How To Survive the Age of Nationalism: A First Step in Finding Common Ground

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

In a world increasingly and bitterly divided along values-based lines, how do we connect with those who disagree with us? And isn’t that an imperative for civil society in this new age of nationalism? On LinkedIn, I describe an experiment … Continue reading →

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The Best of Times? Reflecting on a Turbulent Year for Changemakers

Posted on December 30, 2016 by

On LinkedIn, I reflected on 2016, a disastrous year. Or was it? Perhaps 2016 wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be. And for our work at Amani Institute, it was a game-changing year. Please click here to … Continue reading →

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Tackling Complexity and Change

Posted on October 15, 2016 by

Wasafiri is a global consulting firm that “aspires to be a 21st century guild that brings together consultants into a professional community of practice that, as before, transcends institutional boundaries, promotes learning and offers our clients an assurance of quality.” … Continue reading →

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How Do You Learn How to Change the World?

Posted on May 1, 2016 by

In April 2016, I was honored to give a TEDx talk at TEDxAmsterdamED. It was a thrilling experience to walk onstage at a TED event, to find your way in the darkness to that red dot of a carpet, turn … Continue reading →

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