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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Ashoka releases the "The Unlonely Planet 2022" Report

"The Unlonely Planet," Ashoka’s global study of systems-changing social entrepreneurs, uncovers 11 strategies to build a world of changemakers
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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

La nuova realtà

Vivere in un mondo Changemaker richiede un nuovo framework di pensiero e azione
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UN NUOVO PARADIGMA di Alessandro Valera

di Alessandro Valera, Direttore di Ashoka Italia
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...