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Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Challenge Five Years In

March 8, 2024

America’s 4 million registered nurses are suffering. Their health is worse than the average American in every dimension except smoking.

Want to Drive Change? Recognize Interdependencies

February 15, 2024

Wicked problems are complex system problems that demand interventions and the Grand Challenge methodology is a means of developing them.

Enmeshed in Systems? Change the Gears

January 31, 2024

The world is burning and churning; problems are everywhere. They are formidable because the gears mesh on many levels, keeping multiple systems entrained.

Shatterproof Leads the Charge in Eradicating Addiction Stigma Across America

January 24, 2024

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.

Ganesha

January 22, 2024

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

Creating a Social Movement? Gather Allies!

January 17, 2024

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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Strategic Foresight: How to See Around Corners

January 3, 2024

What do you believe will happen in the future? How confident are you about your beliefs? The core purpose of Strategic Foresight is to help you answer these two questions.

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Thriving Earth Exchange: A Grand Challenge for Community Science

December 13, 2023

The AGU advocates for community science, which centers community priorities, respects their strengths, shares leadership and advances equity.

Galvanize Your Grand Challenge Leadership with a Design Studio

Galvanize Your Grand Challenge Leadership with a Design Studio

November 15, 2023

The Design Studio is the first meeting of your leaders, so it is a crucial opportunity to ignite their passion before beginning the work. I use JumpStart Storytelling to activate their hearts and achieve a different quality of engagement.

Creating a Social Movement: Frame and Build the Case

November 9, 2023

I have adapted ten key elements into a model for addressing a Grand Challenge and grouped them into three phases. Here, we examine the first phase, Frame and Build the Case.

Collective Impact Model

Use the Collective Impact Model to Inspire Aligned Action

October 30, 2023

When I learned about the Collective Impact model developed by John Kania and Mark Kramer in 2011, I found the skeleton key that unlocks the power to direct diverse energy toward a common goal.

Unlock the Power of Events to Drive Dramatic Forward Progress

Unlock the Power of Events to Drive Dramatic Forward Progress

October 5, 2023

In this time when the world is burning and churning and wicked problems are everywhere, we need effective tools to tackle the large systemic problems facing people and the planet.

In Grand Challenges, Touchstone Events Drive Progress

September 24, 2023

I created the Touchstone Events pattern to harness and direct the social bonding and synergy that happens when people share space with each other.

Grand Challenge Case Study - Inteleos-Ultrasound Proficiency

Grand Challenge Case Study: Inteleos Ultrasound Proficiency

September 6, 2023

Ultrasound devices will soon replace stethoscopes. Without proficiency, practitioners can cause severe patient harm by misdiagnosing what they see.

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