Our collection of stories and ideas on how change
leaders are reimagining and co-creating change
that inspires more change
We are a community of curators, catalysts, funders and network weavers on a quest to enable Impact @ Scale. The central question we are trying to answer is: What does it take to create services for 3.3 billion people of the world who earn less than $5.5 per day, at scale, with speed and sustainably?
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There are both positive and negative unintended consequences of actions. Is it possible to plan for them?
Can the Societal Thinking core values, design principles and shifts be leveraged to build agency, nurture dignity and enable choice among young people?
Explore the power of technology in India’s digital revolution—insights on inclusive design, hybrid approaches, and leveraging innovation for societal impact.
Read Pavan’s story- a testament to the power of restoring agency by enabling learners to become agents of change.
Read how Mantra4Change is transforming education leaders in govt schools through collective capacity building in Anekal, Bangalore.
Shanti Raghavan delves into what the Purple Economy is and explains the need for creating visibility of demand for persons with disability through open networks.
We all know life is all about making choices. From what to do and where to live to if or not to eat that last sweet for lunch. Some choices, of course, are harder to make than others. Some bigger, for us and than us. Shanti has made the right choices. Or, made choices and made them right.
“Even when we act as representatives of the state or the market, we do not forgo our rights and duties as citizens. When we leave our places of work, we return home as citizens, as members of the public, as humans in a collective. All individuals, regardless of their position in the current power structure, need to belong to a society in which they can exercise agency and freedom, and thrive in the association of other citizens.”
I believe that improving governance in India rests on reimagining the State as an organisation — thinking about its systems and processes, how it manages data, funds, recruitment, personnel management, and training — and the impact these have on public officials and citizens.
The phrase ‘data is the new oil’ has now become a familiar phrase. While it has been in use for almost a decade, its implications are now clear for all to see as data informs more and more of government and civil society decision-making as well as businesses. Now more than ever, conversations around data policies are gaining relevance in the mainstream.
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