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Why Is the Health of Nurses So Important?

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.

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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.

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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 […]

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.

In Training. Do Not Pet.

March 25, 2024

My beloved Kaya wears this sign twice daily when I take her out for training. She is […]

Joy in Service at Work

March 18, 2024

During our first seven days in India we stayed at The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel Delhi. It […]

Privilege

March 10, 2024

While I was in Delhi, India. last month I was overwhelmed by the living conditions of so […]

Beauty

March 4, 2024

Both of the hotels we stayed in during our trip to India put fresh rose petals out […]

Time Shift

February 26, 2024

Going to India, you lose a day. We did it in two legs of about 8 hours […]

Mystical Experience

February 19, 2024

My whole life long I have had wonderful, exceptional experiences that cause me great wonder. This week […]

Sacred Bonds

February 12, 2024

12 1/2 years ago we had a powerful experience in the (Bahai) Lotus temple here in Delhi, […]

Finding the Miracle

February 5, 2024

Laura and I found ourselves unexpectedly in Buffalo, New York, last Tuesday. We had to complete some […]

People and their Pets

January 29, 2024

When I was a kid I loved to stay up later than my parents wished and watch […]

Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2024

This great man and beacon would be 95 today if he had not been cut down by […]

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