What Puts Orchestrating Collective Action at Risk? Drawing Lessons from the Collapse of Communism In today’s world, societal challenges like quality education, climate change, inequities etc. loom large, affecting billions of lives worldwide. These issues are complex and multifaceted, spanning across communities, regions, and even continents. The sheer scale of these challenges is daunting, …
Societal Leadership: Orchestrating Collective Healing and Well-being A Perspective on Human Bodies and Societal Systems Have you ever wondered how the human body – the vessel of life and vitality – is an intricate web of interconnected systems? Picture this: the muscular system orchestrates movement, the respiratory system ensures a continuous flow of oxygen, the …
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The Art of Evangelising: Lessons from Buddhism In our work at ShikshaLokam, we have always seen our role as three-fold – (i) evangelist, (ii) designer, and (iii) orchestrator. We keep learning new lessons and gather new insights from our experiences across these three roles. Earlier this month, when I was visiting Sarnath – a place …
Navigating Challenges, Inspiring Collective Action The hardest things in orchestrating collective action to pave the way for transformation At Punjab Education Collective, we continuously make sense of the gaps, undertake capacity enhancement of the team, review our processes for effectiveness and efficiency, and have built reflection mechanisms across levels. But when it comes to involving …
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Tactics and Strategies of Orchestrating Collective Action Lessons from catalysing systemic education transformation in Punjab Previously, I had shared what ‘collective action’ meant to us and how it helps in overcoming societal challenges. In this piece, I want to share our biggest learnings about what worked for us at Punjab Education Collective – which is …
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Inspiring Change in the Face of Adversity Leadership Lessons from “Schindler’s List” A few months back, one of my colleagues, Luv, penned down a beautiful post on what he learnt about leadership from the movie, ‘Wake up, Sid’. As an ardent observer of leadership and its many facets, I have discovered that inspiration can be …
Collective Action – an Invincible Astra to Overcome Societal Challenges The advances that our mankind has been able to make in the past 200 years are phenomenal. We now live in a relatively more peaceful, secure world where we live longer, travel further and consume the joys of life, better. We are now building frameworks …
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Leading Is Like Living In Goa Just as living in Goa requires resilience and adaptability, so does leadership. Leadership roles are enticing. When people aspire to transition into a leadership role, we often have a romanticized view of what it entails. We envision ourselves inspiring the team to achieve audacious goals, making important decisions that …
MICRO-IMPROVEMENTS, MEGA IMPACT Micro-Improvements catalyse Exponential Social Change. Societal challenges are complex, sticky, systemic and dynamic. They tend to grow faster than anyone’s individual ability to solve them. Solving societal challenges, thus, necessitates that diverse actors come together to imagine, co-create and solve. Micro-improvements approach makes it feasible and viable for a wide range of …
MICRO-IMPROVEMENTS, MEGA IMPACT Micro-Improvements approach restores Agency. Agency is defined as one’s independent capability to act for one’s own as well as collective well-being. In a complex, real-world system, there are factors, actors and interactions that are beyond one’s locus of control. Thus, any conversation around systemic change that dwells upon intermediate and long-term change …
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