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:

Mission control

How Fluid Teams Create Good Business

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and the rate of change accelerates, new organizational models are fundamental to an organization’s ability to remain competitive and relevant. When...
Park benches

Empowering teachers to empower young people

Living and thriving in a new world — Fueled by explosions in population growth, urbanisation and technological advancement — our world today is defined by accelerating volatility, complexity and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Leadership 300 x 410

WHAT DOES LEADERSHIP MEAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY?

Something remarkable happened in the three years between 2008 and 2011 that fundamentally challenged our perception of leadership. It has caused such a revolutionary shift that we could soon look back...
Leadership

WHY WE FACE A CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP

New research suggests that business leaders in every part of the globe are under-performing when it comes to the skills and capacities they will need in the 21st Century. Gurnek Baines and his team...
Ideas Invention

WHY OUR OLD LENS ON LEARNING WILL FAIL

Re-imagining youth learning must begin with an understanding of the world our children and youth are stepping into. This first requires a major reality check. That’s because most of us see a very...