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This is the third and final in a series of interviews where we speak with leading innovators who are appropriating lessons from open source thinking—once purely the domain of the software engineer—for social change. Casey Fenton is co-founder of CouchSurfing and an Ashoka Fellow in the United States...

Discover the benefits of developing a community green in your city

How the Patterson Park neighborhood created wonder out of an alleyway, and How Community Greens Began

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and the rate of change accelerates, new organizational models are fundamental to an organization’s ability to remain competitive and relevant. When organizations empower fluid and open teams with distributed accountability and decision-making, the...

According to the Gallup management journal, an astounding 73% of American workers are disengaged with their work. They're either "checked out," just sleepwalking through their work day, or worse, actively undermining the company and costing hundreds of billions each year. Any corporation that can...

Did you know that Sargent Shriver, the dynamic force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, provided thought leadership for the creation of Ashoka as a member of the Ashoka Council? In fact, there have been many powerful points of intersection throughout the history of Peace Corps and Ashoka...