Download this excerpt from my forthcoming book, Grand Challenge, How Leaders Turn the World’s Biggest Challenges into Extraordinary Opportunities. The term grand challenge has dual meanings; it can be used to refer to an intractable, systemic social problem, as well as to any bold, multidisciplinary, systems-oriented initiative developed to tackle such a large-scale concern. Einstein …
From Grand Challenges
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) strives to bring the best possible health and health care to everyone. To achieve their mission, IHI partners with visionaries, leaders and front-line practitioners around the globe to spark bold innovation in the realm of healthcare. The organization provides a database of free content and creates opportunities for knowledge, collaboration …
Don Berwick
Donald Berwick is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). One of the Grand Challenge initiatives Don and the IHI have spearheaded is the 5 Million Lives Campaign, which aims to support the improvement of medical care in the United States. Don conveys the powerful impact of the 5 Million Lives …
Grand Challenges Galvanize for the Greater Good
This paper lays out what a Grand Challenge is, giving examples. A short assessment as to whether or not you are ready to take on a Grand Challenge is included. I provide an overview of the Design Summit, a key element I developed to successfully launch Grand Challenges and include strategic partners. There is also …
XPRIZE
An XPRIZE is “an innovation engine”, awarding large prizes for grand challenges that spur tremendous change. An XPRIZE captures imagination and inspires others to undertake audacious goals that spur positive change. Dr. Peter Diamandis leads the X Prize Foundation. Here’s a list of past prizes (as of this writing): Ansari XPRIZE for Suborbital Spaceflight Progressive Insurance …
Peter H. Diamandis
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is an international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. In 2014 he was named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” – by Fortune Magazine. Dr. Diamandis is Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation set up to bring about exponential change by incentivizing Grand Challenges …
Christina Economos
Christina Economos is a researcher and activist. She led the research in 2001 that documented 10 key attributes of a national movement (documented in this paper). Her city-wide intervention, Shape Up Somerville, was studied as a key success and helped form the Collective Impact model. Today she directs ChildObesity180, with a mission to reverse the …
Christina Economos: Leading the Way to Scalable Social Change
This article by myself and Julie Jordan Avritt tells the story of Chris Economos, a co-founder and co-executive director of ChildObesity180. Chris is a university profesor, research and social activist. Her work has been studied extensively and used to formulate effective interventions including the Collective Impact methodology. She led research in 2001 which identified 10 …
Grand Challenge presentation, Feb 2016
Click this sentence to download the PPT. Feb 1, 2016, I presented for Michelle Popowitz, executive director of UCLA Grand Challenges, and many of her colleagues. Feb 5, I gave same presentation to staff at the XPrize Foundation.
Barbara Byrd Keenan, Grand Challenger
“The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” – Peter Diamandis In 2013, I worked with Barbara Byrd Keenan while she was CEO of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). These are the researchers and scientists who create astronaut food, designer desserts like Twinkies, and who make sure your cabbage isn’t crawling with …