Perspectives on Impact: Leading Voices On Making Systemic Change in the Twenty-First Century

"Over the last decade it has become clear that the only way to solve the world's most pressing problems is to understand and then change the systems that are the source of the problems. Good intentions are not good enough. Perspectives on Impact brings together insightful essays from people across all sectors of society who have been at the forefront of devising better ways to create social impact." - Eric Nee, Editor-in-Chief, Stanford Social Innovation Review--Climate change. Global poverty. Social Injustice. How on earth do we mitigate, let alone solve, daunting challenges like these facing our world? This book brings together over 20 leading voices from across sectors to reflect on this question. The short answer: we need moon-shoot goals, a systems thinking lens, and unprecedented collaboration across all players in society. Learn how senior leaders from Acumen, Oxfam, Google, Sesame Workshop, IDEO.org, Sidewalks Labs, TEDx, Women's March Global, Harvard Kennedy School, and more are shaping an evolved approach to making impact in the twenty-first century. And learn what you - and your organization - can do to join forces and lead the way.
Chapters by:
Niko Canner, Shanti Nayak, and Cynthia Warner (Incandescent)
Duncan Green (OxFam)
Farah Ramzan Golant (Girl Effect, kyu)
Sara Holoubek (Luminary Labs)
Joi Ito (MIT Media Lab)
Leila Janah (Samasource, LXMI, Samaschool)
Amirah Jiwa
George Kronnisanyon Werner (Republic of Liberia)
Chris Larkin (IDEO.org)
Eric Maltzer (Medora Ventures, Middlebury College)
Jane Nelson (Harvard Kennedy School)
Craig Nevill-Manning and Prem Ramaswami (Sidewalk Labs)
Jacqueline Novogratz (Acumen)
Deena Shakir (GV, formerly Google Ventures)
Jose Miguel Sokoloff (MullenLowe Group)
Lara Stein (TEDx, Women's March Global)
Piyush Tantia (ideas42)
Fay Twersky (William & Flora Hewlett Foundation)
Sherrie Rollins Westin and Shari Rosenfeld (Sesame Workshop)

Perspectives on Impact and its sister book, Perspectives on Purpose, bring together leading voices from across sectors to discuss how we must adapt our organizations for the twenty-first century world. Perspectives on Impact focuses on the recalibration of social impact approaches to tackle complex humanitarian, social, and environmental challenges; Perspectives on Purpose looks at the shifting role of the corporation in society through the lens of purpose.

You can find Perspectives on Purpose: Leading Voices on Building Brands and Businesses for the Twenty-First Century here: amazon.com/Perspectives-Purpose-Building-Businesses-Twenty-First/dp/036711237X