
What are changemakers for?
I have repeatedly spoken and written about purpose. Across earlier posts, I have argued that purpose is fuel for changemaking; explored the idea that each of us possesses gifts, experiences, and motivations that point to

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I have repeatedly spoken and written about purpose. Across earlier posts, I have argued that purpose is fuel for changemaking; explored the idea that each of us possesses gifts, experiences, and motivations that point to

Modern “change” culture may create an impression that those oriented toward continuity, care, craft, mastery, preservation, relationship, beauty, stability, or stewardship are somehow less vital — or even less committed

Have you ever wondered if something is wrong with you? If you feel responsible for problems you did not create, see possibilities others miss, and find it difficult to stay passive in the face of systemic harm, you may b

Mother’s Day (this Sunday in some countries) makes me think about one of the most powerful forces on earth: Care that is on tap without being requested. The willingness to notice before someone asks. To make space before

Andrew MacLeod described presenting evidence on child trafficking or systemic abuse in professional settings only to watch people’s eyes glaze over. Not in disagreement. Not in anger. But to escape the conversation. I re

I recently went LIVE with Andrew MacLeod — a former UN official, military officer, politician, and the founder of Hear Their Cries — to explore changemaking in its most confronting terrain: problems that are not just dif

Recently, I went LIVE with Dr. Whitney Austin Gray, a public health leader and an executive at the International WELL Building Institute, to explore what it takes to move solutions from evidence into everyday reality. We

Yesterday, I went LIVE with Dr. Laura Mae Lindo — educator, former elected official, and Director of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo. We discussed how power actually operates inside systems — and why changema

I am trying a couple of new things, and I’d genuinely love to know how they land with you. First, I want to offer an overview of the content generated in the first quarter of this year, helping you decide what source mat

Last week, I went LIVE with Sujatha Ramani and Jenna Davey-Burns to explore where gender shapes the outcome of changemaking. Not identity. Not representation. But mechanics: who gets believed, who gets forgiven, who gets

Earlier today, I went LIVE with H.G. Chissell, Founder of Advanced Energy Group and the Carbon League, whose work sits at the intersection of climate ambition and delivery. We explored what it actually takes to turn prom

Earlier today, I went LIVE with Jason F. McLennan, the founder of the Living Building Challenge and the Living Future Institute, the Chief Sustainability Officer with Perkins+Will, and a prolific author. We discussed the

Earlier this week, I went LIVE with Jorge Chapa (Joch), the Chief Impact Officer at the Green Building Council of Australia. If you haven’t yet, listen Spotify and Apple Podcasts and watch on Substack (links below). What

This week, I went LIVE with Jorge Chapa (Joch) — Chief Impact Officer at the Green Building Council of Australia and someone I had the privilege of working alongside in the early days of the green building movement. We m

On Wednesday, I went LIVE with Michelle Malanca Frey — my first boss, the editor of my last book, and one of the few people who has watched this work evolve over more than twenty years. If you haven’t listened yet, you c

Earlier today, I went LIVE with Michelle Malanca Frey — my first boss, the editor of my last book, and one of the few people who has watched this work evolve over 20+ years. We spoke about changemaking, changemakers, the

Bill McKibben began our conversation with a sentence most leaders would never volunteer: “I’ve been in some ways a manifest failure.” It was destabilizing to hear that from someone who has spent four decades doing everyt

Today’s Substack LIVE with Suzie Barnett was honest and rich — a reminder that changemaking doesn’t sit in tidy absolutes. We named some of the ethical discomforts many of us feel: influence vs manipulation, the shame ar

We live in a world saturated with metrics. We measure productivity, performance, engagement, growth, satisfaction, retention, reach. We measure outputs down to the decimal point, and dashboards glow with confidence about
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The live interview with Bill McKibben and Blair Palese — shaped in part by your responses to this post — is now available to watch or listen on Substack, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, along with my separate post-interview
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