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:

New Reality

The New Reality

Living in a Changemaker World Requires a New Framework for Thinking and Acting
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...
newsweek article

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...
Henry De Sio Rappler Talk

The Changemaker Effect

Henry De Sio Jr., Global Chair for Framework Change of Ashoka, talks about "The Changemaker Effect," a term he coined to describe the rising engagement and involvement of citizens, coupled with...
The Dinner Party

Good Grief! Is It Possible to Bridge Our Differences?

The world feels more fractious with every passing day. People who are different from each other, or who hold different points of view, struggle to bridge differences. Since January 2017, The People...
KaBoom playground

New Paradigm for Leadership – Everyone Leads

When Darrel Hammond, founder of KaBoom! set out to make sure that every child has a great place to play, his plan for building playgrounds had a special twist.  Like other successful social...
Kids running in hall

Rebooting Our Politics and Schools to Engage Young People

Editor's Note: This Op-Ed first appeared on Thomson Reuters on September 6, 2016 and is written by Hon. Henry F. De Sio, Jr. He is the Global Chair for Framework Change at Ashoka, with its Lead Young...
Henry De Sio

Why Empathy is as Important as Reading and Math

Transformative education must begin with a fresh look at the societal landscape our children and youth are stepping into. A historical shift has radically changed the complexion and complexity of the...
Innovation in Teams

A Team of Teams World

The rate of change has been accelerating exponentially since 1700 at least. So has the number of people causing change. This acceleration also applies (and I believe this is especially important) to...
Revolutionary optimists film

Want true equality? Make everyone powerful.

I just heard a story that I adore. It comes from Ali Raza Khan, an Ashoka social entrepreneur and education reformer in Pakistan. Last year, he challenged 6,000 poor students across 74 charity...