Rethink Social Change

Unlock Societal Thinking: Speed, Scale, Sustain


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❓How can organizations strategically harness ecosystem resources instead of relying solely on external funding?


❓Why is trust the ultimate accelerator of change, and how can we design for trust at scale?


❓What are the most powerful levers of systemic transformation, and how can social change leaders identify and activate them?


In this episode of Rethink Social Change Podcast, I had the pleasure to sit down with Sanjay Purohit for one of my most insightful conversations to reflect on these questions.


Sanjay is a systems thinker and the architect of #SocietalThinking , a transformative approach to tackling big, urgent, and complex challenges at scale. As the Chief Curator of The Center for Exponential Change https://centreforexponentialchange.org/, Sanjay has worked with 500+ changemakers across 20 countries, pioneering new ways to rethink scale, speed, and sustainability in #socialimpact . 

Together, we explored:

🚶🏽‍♀️ Why scale is not a destination, but a journey and how framing the right big question can set the course for transformation.
⏱ The dance of timing. When to move fast, when to consolidate, and when to step back to sustain impact.
🔑 Trust as the currency of change. Why "transformation happens at the speed of trust" and how to design for it at scale.
🌍 From distributing solutions to distributing the ability to solve and leveraging networks for lasting, systemic impact.
📊 Rethinking monitoring & evaluation. Why real success is about progress, not just outcomes, and why listening to communities at scale is key.
🛠️ The levers of systemic transformation and how to pull them at the right time to create momentum.

Sanjay’s Think series offers a new vocabulary for change leaders navigating today’s dynamic, unpredictable systems. If you’re a #socialchange practitioner, #funder, or #ecosystem  builder seeking to rethink how we create impact in a fast-changing world, this conversation is a must-listen.

Tune in now and let’s push the boundaries of what’s possible in social change.

💡Access the Think Series and Apurva A.I., which we mention in the discussion, below:

#ThinkScale https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Scale-Mobile.pdf

#ThinkSpeed https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Speed-Mobile.pdf

#ThinkSustain https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Sustain-Mobile.pdf

Apurva A.I. https://apurva.ai

#RethinkSocialChange #scalingimpact #trust  #SocietalThinking #SystemsLeadership #socialtransformation  #impact

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Rethink Social ChangeBy Ratiba Cherif