Rippling: how social entrepreneurs spread innovation throughout the world
Schwartz, BeverlyUnknown
Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, 2012) (eng) English9781118138595Unknown1st ed.SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; UnknownPrinciples for driving significant change throughout an entire system Drawing on the knowledge and experience of working with hundreds the world's top social change leaders in all fields, Beverly Schwartz presents a model for change based on five proven principles that any individual leader or organization can apply to bring about deep, lasting and systematic change. Rippling shows how to activate the type of change that is needed to address the critical challenges that threaten to destroy the foundations of our society and planet in these increasingly turbulent times. These actionable principles are brought to life by compelling real-life stories. Schwartz provides a road map that allows anyone to become a changemaker.
* Presents some of today's most innovative and effective approaches to solving social and environmental challenges * Offers a vision of social entrepreneurs as role models, catalysts, enablers and recruiters who spread waves system changing solutions throughout society * The author offers a model of change that begins with the end result in mind * First book from an insider at Ashoka, the foremost global organization on social change through social entrepreneurship Rippling clearly demonstrates how and when empathy, creativity, passion, and persistence are combined; significant, life-altering progress is indeed possible.
Physical dimension
xviii, 269 p.23 cm.Unknown
Summary / review / table of contents
Introduction : Rippling solutions into system change --
Part 1. Restructuring institutional norms ; reflections by Esther Dyson ; Power to the people--Germany ; The teaching of teaching--United States ; From servitude to solution--India ; Lifting the veil for women who don't exist--Nepal --
Part 2. Changing market dynamics ; reflections by Peter M. Senge ; Using microconsignment to open a door to economic inclusion--Guatemala ; Dialing Maize 411--Kenya ; Stimulating fiscal vibrancy by creating a new economy--Brazil --
Part 3. Using market forces to create social value ; reflections by William Jefferson Clinton ; From garbage to gold--Peru ; A better model of capitalism--United States ; Shit business is serious business--Nigeria ; Putting the public back in public housing--France --
Part 4. Advancing full citizenship ; reflections by Geeta Rao Gupta ; Financial freedom for children--Global ; Overcoming the barriers between us and them--Germany ; Autistic abilities--Denmark ; Crazy becomes normal--Argentina --
Part 5. Cultivating empathy ; reflections by Arianna Huffington ; From babies to behavioral shift--Canada ; Cultivating champions of interfaith action--United States ; Beautiful resistance--Palestine --
Conclusion: Turning what is and what if into what can be.