The Social Age

Feb 12 is quite an auspicious day.
200 years ago today, Charles Darwin was born, setting in motion the acceptance of natural selection and evolution as basic tenets of our shared ancestry. That some survive based on innate characteristics (i.e. genetics) forever changed scientific thinking and spawned great debate about the validity of the Judeo-Christian Creation […]

Dear Friends, Readers, Social Agers and Stoppers-by
It is with great humility that I write to you today. You may (or may not) have noticed that I have not written on my blog in 10 months. Kind of crazy, right? Especially in these fracturing, social-emotional times. So why haven’t I been writing, and why am I […]

I’m constantly amazed at the human desire for stasis. The slow-burn growth of the world’s acceptance of the “social entrepreneurship” movement (in the media, academia and business-world) is in direct opposition to the actual growth in the amount of work and money being dedicated to the work of these incredible agents of change.
Perhaps today is […]

I went to an event recently where there was a lovely spread of cheeses, breads, dips and other yummy hors d’oeuvres. At the end of the reception, the staff started cleaning up and I asked what they did with all of the left over food. The answer, as most of you already know, is […]

I recently returned from The Gathering of Leaders, an event by and for social entrepreneurs hosted by New Profit Inc. It is truly an honor to be included in this event. For three days, from 7:30am - 10pm, I was in the presence of really amazing agents of change. Folks from CityYear, CitizenSchools, YearUp, Prison […]