I used to think that our public policy was an accurate reflection of our populations’ progression. For example, if we didn’t get voting rights bills passed, it was because not enough of the population thought it was important. But seriously, that’s just...
Usually, we think of ROI in financial terms. Are the investments we make measurable and worth what we are spending? This kind of thinking has some background assumptions that limit how we generate costs and benefits of spending choices when it comes to less tangible...
Our two previous blogs were designed to help individuals find and strengthen their own active hope, especially in a time of widespread disruption. Now let’s focus on how we help and inspire others build more active hope in their own lives. Why does inspiring...
How can we strengthen our movement toward bringing active hope into our lives? The journey from being hopeless to having passive hope, and then finding active hope depends on two things: The ability to see the present reality of your community/organization and imagine...
Over the past 20 months, we have lived through a lot of disruptions. While these disruptions might have started with COVID-19, the pandemic created a cascade of ripple effects that impacted our health system, work environments, economies, social justice, education...