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Pathways to exponential change

At Societal Thinking, we travel with change leaders across the globe to explore: How to enable social impact at scale, with speed, sustainably? Along these adventures, we curate and co-create knowledge around what it takes to do so – by enabling exponential change – change that inspires more and rapid change. 

One of the ways in which this knowledge has come alive is as  a set of 3 books – Think Scale, Think Speed and Think Sustain.

These books offer an opportunity to reflect upon, reimagine and reckon with the world’s most pressing social issues – while designing for societal scale change, navigating uncertainties or just to imagine possibilities.

Read, remix, repurpose – enter a world of possibilities

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Think Scale

Social problems are large. In our efforts to address the size of these problems, we often grapple with scale. How do we perceive the scale of the problems we’re trying to solve? How do we design for scale? How do we monitor progress?

Think Scale is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how to solve at scale. It is a window into the thoughts and experiences of change leaders, thinkers and funders on a journey to enable impact at scale. 

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Think Speed

Social problems mutate. In our efforts to keep pace with shifting problems, we often grapple with speed. How do we anticipate change? How do we enable diverse solutions by reimagining the role of civil society, government and markets? How do we act before problems change size and shape? 

Think Speed is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how to make change exponential – change that inspires more and rapid change. It is a window into the thoughts and experiences of change leaders, thinkers and funders on a journey to enable rapid change.

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Think Sustain

Social problems are complex. In our efforts to deal with emerging uncertainties, we often grapple to sustain change. How do we sustain, at scale, the limited impact of a specific change? How do we strengthen the agency of people to make change? How do we institutionalise change?

Think Sustain is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how to sustain change. It is a window into the thoughts and experiences of change leaders, thinkers and funders on a journey to enable change that sustains.

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Think Scale

Social problems are large. In our efforts to address the size of these problems, we often grapple with scale. How do we perceive the scale of the problems we’re trying to solve? How do we design for scale? How do we monitor progress?

Think Scale is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how to solve at scale. It is a window into the thoughts and experiences of change leaders, thinkers and funders on a journey to enable impact at scale.

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Think Speed

Social problems mutate. In our efforts to keep pace with shifting problems, we often grapple with speed. How do we anticipate change? How do we enable diverse solutions by reimagining the role of civil society, government and markets? How do we act before problems change size and shape?

Think Speed is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how to make change exponential – change that inspires more and rapid change. It is a window into the thoughts and experiences of change leaders, thinkers and funders on a journey to enable rapid change.

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Think Sustain

Social problems are complex. In our efforts to deal with emerging uncertainties, we often grapple to sustain change. How do we sustain, at scale, the limited impact of a specific change? How do we strengthen the agency of people to make change? How do we institutionalise change?

Think Sustain is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how to sustain change. It is a window into the thoughts and experiences of change leaders, thinkers and funders on a journey to enable change that sustains.

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Meet the authors

Sanjay Purohit

Anjali Hans

I think they’re full of interesting ideas and the framing of each book as a curation of ideas positions them well.

Patrick Barwise
Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing, London Business School

Parts of the book, particularly the Scale one for me, feel like reflections with the potential to truly wake a person up.

Sachin Malhan
Co-Founder and Creator, Agami

I think that the three books are a good place to start because they cover some of the key topics for any social change organisation.

Eric Nee
Former Editor-In-Chief, Stanford Social Innovation Review

These books condense so much wisdom in such a concentrated, accessible way through a unique lens that I view it as indispensable compendium no matter who you are, what you do or how you want to make your life meaningful.  It is essential for anyone who wants to work towards a desirable future.

Annalie Killian
Vice President Strategic Partnerships, sparks & honey

A go-to for anyone who thinks bigger than what may seem possible right now, for anyone who truly wants to move the needle, for dreamers and innovators alike.

Nandan Nilekani
Chairman and Co-Founder Infosys, and Co-Founder and Chairman EkStep Foundation

These are not books to read in one gulp. Sometimes, a sentence generated a spark, I stopped on that page, looked at the sky, connecting ideas, minutes later I returned to the notepad to write down the reflections that emerged. I liked how the book has space and invites this type of tactile interaction, a reading-craft connecting the content with the problems we're facing on a daily basis.

Talita Novacoski
CTIO, Director of Intelligence and Technology, NOSSAS, Brazil.

I actually felt a deep sense of relief in reading Think Speed. I felt I can finally explain to others the reasons why taking certain approaches are important, even if they go against the normal way of doing things.

Darlene Damm
Faculty Chair, Global Grand Challenges, Singularity University

I believe the recipe for solving wicked problems faster than they grow is thinking big and taking simple but transformative steps. This book gives us the ingredients.

Pramod Varma
Former Chief Architect Aadhaar and India Stack and CTO, EkStep Foundation

The books present many valuable insights concisely, with “clean” designs, focusing attention on the ideas. For anyone interested, they invite curiosity.

Jon Hodgson
Organisational Design & Development and People Lead, SmartStart South Africa

Engaging and digestible, I love that the book uses prompts instead of giving prescriptive solutions. It encourages one to reflect, and this experience is further enhanced by the minimal text and Notes pages.

Tim Hanstad
Vice Chair Board of Directors, Chandler Foundation