Seth Kahan's Blog
Tackle Wicked Problems with Ecosystem Activation
Wicked problems persist because multiple forces across the different dimensions of society perpetuate them. To solve a wicked problem, a Grand Challenge must summon forces that can bring about a better outcome. It must activate a beneficial ecosystem.
Getting Touchstone Events Right Matters: Here’s Why
Grand Challenges are driven forward by events, large and small. Every meeting provides a surge energized by those bond towards a common goal.
Grand Challenges: Background, Impact, and Implications
On every side, wicked problems demand a response–but what? How? Grand Challenges hold an answer. Do you hear it?
The First Annual Stop Stigma Together Summit is Coming to Salt Lake City This Summer
Stop Stigma Together is a crucial Touchstone Event to end the stigma against mental illness and substance use disorder.
The First National Summit to End Stigma: You’re Invited!
Learn how this Grand Challenge is scaling exponentially for maximum national impact to reduce mental health stigma together.
Creating a Social Movement? Implement the Plan
Implementing the Plan is incredibly exciting because it’s where the rubber meets the road. It creates the impact of a Grand Challenge.
A Grand Challenge Design Summit Unites Participants, Catalyzes Thrust
A Design Summit has insularity. The intent is to create a time away from day-to-day life where a new movement can be launched.
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation Challenge Five Years In
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
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
The world is burning and churning; problems are everywhere. They are formidable because the gears mesh on many levels, keeping multiple systems entrained.
My Mental Health Policy Week
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak about Stop Stigma Together at The Kennedy Forum’s Alignment […]
Why Grand Challenges?
Grand Challenges are society’s toughest problems—complex, persistent, and resistant to easy solutions. Addressing them is essential for […]
Off to the Races with Grand Challenges!
The fall season has begun. School is in session. Workers are back from vacation. And I am […]
Family Time
Last week, Ruchi and I went to see Ateez in Washington, DC, at the Capital One Arena, […]
Service Dog, Divya
Divya means divine in Hindi. Little Divya will accompany my daughter, Ruchi, to college when Ruchi starts […]
Well Wishes to Gregg Martin in Ukraine
Major General Gregg Martin is a United States Army two-star general who retired in 2014. From July […]
Back from the Woods
Kaya and I had a great five days and four nights in the Adirondacks. We hiked in […]
Anticipation
As you read this, I will be hiking into the backcountry of the Adirondacks in New York, […]
Driving Lessons!
This last week, I had the opportunity to spend 5 hours helping my daughter, Ruchi, learn to […]
The Bipolar General
Major General Gregg Martin is a United States Army two-star general who retired in 2014. From July […]
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