My whole life long I have had wonderful, exceptional experiences that cause me great wonder. This week was no different. I am writing this week’s Monday Morning Mojo from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India. My wife, daughter, and I are concluding a ten-day visit. Eight days in Delhi; two in Agra. We came […]
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Wicked problems are complex system problems that demand interventions and the Grand Challenge methodology is a means of developing them.
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12 1/2 years ago we had a powerful experience in the (Bahai) Lotus temple here in Delhi, where I am today. It was Gandhi‘s birthday and thousands of people were going inside. We joined them and went in tranches of a couple hundred people to sit and pray inside the temple. Laura and I had
Laura and I found ourselves unexpectedly in Buffalo, New York, last Tuesday. We had to complete some preparations for our India trip. We leave this Tuesday. It was a day of rising with the sun and then completing a lot of administrative tasks. A good friend asked us if we were going to visit the
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The world is burning and churning; problems are everywhere. They are formidable because the gears mesh on many levels, keeping multiple systems entrained.
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When I was a kid I loved to stay up later than my parents wished and watch the Grade-B horror movies that aired in the middle of the night. Frankenstein, Dracula, and of course, the Werewolf. I was a fan of the stars, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney, Jr. What I
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Gary Mendell started Shatterproof to change the way addiction is viewed in America. This is a real-world, real-time state and community-based example of the Collective Impact model.
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The four-armed, elephant-headed god of the Hindu pantheon is the remover of obstacles and the bearer of good fortune. The wooden sculpture pictured accompanied Laura and me on our first trip to India 12 1/2 years ago when we went to meet and retrieve our newly adopted daughter, Ruchi. In the interim, he has lived
Gathering allies increases the momentum and impact of a Grand Challenge; directs the energy of diverse Champions to completion; builds coalitions for the Common Agenda, and increases government involvement.
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This great man and beacon would be 95 today if he had not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968. He remains a bright, guiding light for me. Here are some of my favorite quotes: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can
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