Impact: Six Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation

Flight of the “Ordinaries”

My regular walk takes me along a dyke beside a fen that should not be there. It exists because one neighbour called another. She happened to be a Mom with a new baby and rushed with her babe in arms to stand in front of the tree cutters and earthmovers. From there they rallied the…

Peace You Can Count On

In early October 2016, thousands of Jewish and Arab women began a two week March of Hope walking from the banks of the Jordan River near Jericho, to Jerusalem. Their purpose — a viable peace agreement between Israel and Palestine.

Angels

This post isn’t about the alarming number of British Columbians who are dying of drug overdoses. It is about those who didn’t die because of the angels who saved their lives. These angels, there’s no other word for them, rapidly responded months before the formal system did. And they continue to do so even as the…

Percolators

Behind successful change-makers are people:

• who bubble with enthusiasm for the idea you want to explore
• who say, “Why not?” and offer another dozen reasons why you should try it
• who see the majesty in what you are proposing

If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It

“My name is Liz and I have Down syndrome.”

She strode onto the stage without notes, without preparation, and seemingly without a care.

A hundred pairs of eyes were anticipating her spoken word poetry performance.

Artist in Residence

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing what happens when non-profit and social change-oriented groups hook up with artists on specific projects. The results include:

• New perspectives on challenges that have resisted previous efforts

Meditations for Mindful Impact

• What worked in the past won’t necessarily work in the present.
• What works in the present won’t necessarily work in the future.
• What will work in the future depends on the past.

EH!