Perspectives on Impact: Leading Voices on Making Systemic Change in the Twenty-first Century

Perspectives on Impact brings together leaders from across sectors to reflect on our approaches to social change. Sharing diverse examples from their work, these authors show how we must think more systemically and work more collaboratively to move the needle on the biggest social, humanitarian, and environmental challenges facing our world.

Chapters by:

Niko Canner, Shanti Nayak, and Cynthia Warner (Incandescent)

Duncan Green (OxFam)

Farah Ramzan Golant (Girl Effect, kyu)

Sara Holoubek (Luminary Labs)

Joi Ito (MIT Media Lab)

Leila Janah (Samasource, LXMI, Samaschool)

Amirah Jiwa

George Kronnisanyon Werner (Republic of Liberia)

Chris Larkin (IDEO.org)

Eric Maltzer (Medora Ventures, Middlebury College)

Jane Nelson (Harvard Kennedy School)

Craig Nevill-Manning and Prem Ramaswami (Sidewalk Labs)

Jacqueline Novogratz (Acumen)

Deena Shakir (GV, formerly Google Ventures)

Jose Miguel Sokoloff (MullenLowe Group)

Lara Stein (TEDx, Women’s March Global)

Piyush Tantia (ideas42)

Fay Twersky (William & Flora Hewlett Foundation)

Sherrie Rollins Westin and Shari Rosenfeld (Sesame Workshop)

Perspectives on Impact and its sister book, Perspectives on Purpose, bring together leading voices from across sectors to discuss how we must adapt our organizations for the twenty-first century world. Perspectives on Impact focuses on the recalibration of social impact approaches to tackle complex humanitarian, social, and environmental challenges; Perspectives on Purpose looks at the shifting role of the corporation in society through the lens of purpose.

You can find Perspectives on Purpose: Leading Voices on Building Brands and Businesses for the Twenty-First Century here: https://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Purpose-Building-Businesses-Twenty-First/dp/036711237X