Wowed by Structure Lab

Thursday, 4 March 2010, 18:25 | Category : Field Building, Philanthropy, Social Change
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Structure Lab – the place to learn what structure to ask your legal advisor for. It can also be useful for foundations, investors, and others working with social benefit start-ups.
I feel wowed. I have been reading about structures for social benefit start-ups and considering my own for years now. I felt like I had a [...]

Transformative Structures

Friday, 12 February 2010, 3:18 | Category : Field Building, Philanthropy, Social Change
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I read the latest issue of Beyond Profit magazine on my flight to the west coast. I was headed to Beyond Social Media conference. What I most enjoyed reading was about going beyond existing structures. For years now, as part of several startups with varying degrees of social good intent, I have pondered over appropriate [...]

A Gift that Gives

Monday, 25 January 2010, 13:35 | Category : Philanthropy, Social Change
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My daughter asked me, “Mom, what would you do if someone gave you $6000?” We were on the way to the store and my mind has been challenged by the bills I have to pay. My answer surprises me in hindsight, as I left out the piece of work I have been doing for 7 [...]

Shift Happens

Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 11:56 | Category : Coaching, Social Change
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The question is “How does it happen?” And also “How can we encourage it to happen?”
Yesterday, I said on twitter:
Questions I have been pondering for years now: what brings about an aha? what gets people to shift? how to get unstuck and take action?
Which is something I have been reflecting on since my early days [...]

Rogue Waves

Monday, 28 December 2009, 17:35 | Category : Mapping and Visualization, Social Change
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I saw an article on rogue waves not too long ago. And it really inspired me visually to think about how we compound upon each other.
Wikipedia describes rogue waves:
Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, and extreme waves) are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that are a threat even [...]