This morning I received an online petition to support changes to US fuel efficiency standards, and the reasons I didn’t sign it say a lot about the problems of the social change sector today.
More Alchemy
The Soulful Company
10 hours ago Reshared post from Jon Jensen
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012
17 hours ago Very touching story about the impact that software, in this case Google Maps, can make on people'...
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012
18 hours ago The Knowledge Graph Will Make the Web More Like an App I'm really excited about Google's announce...
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012
1 day ago Updated Social Media / Social Networks Circle This circle is made up of people who spend a signif...
May 17, 2012
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1 day ago Reshared post from Matt Cutts
Google just announced its Knowledge Graph. It's another step awa...
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012
Category Archive: People Power
The Heart of the Occupation
Like new-born hearts, beating and radiating from many locations and in all directions, the Occupy Movement is reframing our environmental and social problems as the symtoms of one root cause: the concentration of wealth and its corruptive influence on business and government. The vibrancy of this movement is giving courage to many, and may even shift the way the Tea Party thinks about the real problems now facing America.
Keeping Wall Street Like Cairo, Not London
What we are seeing in Occupy Wall Street and related events around the country is our youth, at least some small segment of it, telling us that everything is not alright. They are telling us that our social fabric is stretched to a dangerous point of fraying.
5 Steps to Influence Mapping
Part 2 of 4: As Walmart’s move to sustainability illustrates, when you scratch below the surface of most institutional change, there’s usually a handful of relationships that play a disproportionately large role in bringing those changes about. That’s part of the reason it’s hard to truly separate institutional change from personal change. Each of us depends on our ability …
Change Happens Through People – Even at Walmart
Part 1 of 4: Marc Gunther just reviewed Force of Change, the story of Walmart’s conversion to sustainable business practices. When the world’s largest public corporation makes any big change, it’s noteworthy. But this change could very well help save the world. It’s not just the direct environmental impact of Walmart’s new business practices, but the ripple …
The Divine Right of Capital – A Summary
I just finished reading The Divine Right of Capital by Marjorie Kelly. It’s one of those mind-opening books that deserves to be read by a large audience. To help me digest this important book, I’m summarizing each chapter, and in the hope of encouraging readers of this blog to read the book yourselves, I’m sharing these …
If Companies are People, Where’s Their Soul?
The U.S. Constitution is the foundation of our political system, but to find its spirit, we must look to the Declaration of Independence. When our nation struggles with difficult questions, it is this document that serves as a North Star to keep us on course with our founding vision. One such question that we wrestle with today …
Why Facebook Needs to (Really) Open Up its IPO
Facebook users invest massive time, energy and social capital in building the underlying value of this service, so what would it look like to really open the company’s IPO in ways that helped its user build a fuller sense of equity?
Citizens United v. United Citizens: Building a Movement to Drive Money Out of Politics
This article originally published on the Huffington Post. Friday, January 21st, marks the one-year anniversary of “Citizens United,” a Supreme Court case that dramatically accelerates the corruptive force of money in U.S. politics. When money flows in our economy, it’s a fuel that helps businesses flourish and people make a living. When money flows in …
Love and Power
In honor of Dr. King today: “Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, or economic changes. In this sense power is not only desirable but necessary in order to implement the demands of love and justice. One of the greatest problems of history …
