Ashoka Key Ideas

Browse the latest news and updates about what Ashoka is doing and thinking: stories, events, and a curated collection showcasing the top insights from Ashoka's global community of change leaders.

 

You can find the curated collection of insights below:

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The Maasai Changemaker: Rebecca's Changemaker Journey

Addressing climate change and environmental degradation in Kenya through student-led education and advocacy.
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How to Teach Empathy to Children

"Empathy comes naturally to a lot of people. It’s easy enough to feel bad for an employee who’s struggling with child care issues, or to bristle at the injustice of a colleague getting passed over for...
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Insights on Changemaker Education

Tactical learnings and ideas from educators on creating a school culture that supports early changemaking.
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Ashoka: Everyone a Changemaker

Ashoka envisions a world in which everyone is a changemaker: a world where everyone is powerful and contributes to change for the good of all. Join our Everyone a Changemaker movement today.
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Answering Society’s Call: A New Leadership Imperative

How do transparency, empathy, and meaning work in practice? As demands for social accountability rise, so do demands on leaders. This article, based on a range of McKinsey research and case studies...
New Reality

新しい現実

チェンジメーカーの世界を生きるために必要な考え方と行動の新しいフレームワーク
The Big Think: Bill-Drayton

Bill Drayton on the Big Think:

Bill Drayton, the founder and CEO of Ashoka, thinks that doing business today relies on being as prismatic and as open as possible. That's how you become, as he puts it, a "change maker." Watch the...
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A New Age has Dawned: Our Young People Need to be Changemakers

The erosion of civic engagement and civic institutions was a consistent concern in 2017, and some now predict dire consequences in 2018. Deep changes in civic life are clearly underway, but aren’t...
Henry De Sio Rappler Talk

チェンジメーカー効果

アショカの枠組み変更担当の世界的議長であるHenry De Sio Jr.が、「チェンジメーカー効果」について語ります。彼は、市民の取り組みと関与が高まりつつあることと、技術の進歩とリーダーシップの民主化が進みつつあることを表現するため、この言葉を新たに生み出しました。これらは、爆発的な社会変革を推進する上で重要な役割を果たします。そしてチェンジメーカー効果によって...
The Dinner Party

大変だ！私たちの間に横たわる違いを乗り越えることは可能か？

世界は日ごとに不寛容さを増しているようです。人々は多様であり、それぞれ異なる考え方を持っています。それでも、違いを乗り越えようと奮闘しているのです。 2017年1月以来、The People’s Supper（人々の夕食）プロジェクトは、これまで決して出会うことのなかったような人々を招き、同じテーブルに座って話し合うことにより、人間の「違い」を乗り越えようとしています...