November 3, 2015 – “The goal is not so much to see that which no one has seen, but to see that which everyone else sees in a totally different way.” – Arthur Schopenhauer I just finished reading The New Science of Sustainability:Building a Foundation...
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September 24, 2015 – “A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming.” – bell hooks For the past month I’ve been in conversation with David Nee, former Executive Director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, to reflect on some...
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March 12, 2015 – “We add value to society-at-large when we dare to connect.” – Gibran Rivera This week I was in a conversation with someone who asked me what the difference is between “networking” and “network building.” I’ve been asked this before, and...
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March 5, 2015 – Two years ago, the Food Solutions New England (FSNE) Network Team, with support from IISC, committed to putting racial equity at the center of its work in trying to bring the six state region together around a vision of a more sustainable...
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October 29, 2014 – Check out these resources if you are interested in exploring the connections between network theory and social change, and let us know if you have additional suggestions! Thought Leaders and Partners in Net Work Kendall Foundation Barr Foundation Beth Tener...
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July 23, 2014 – There is growing awareness that current organizational structures can breed irresponsibility. That is, arrangements are created where people are less able to be responsive in helpful ways. This happens, for example, when accountability is bottlenecked in hierarchies and decision-making is...
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January 2, 2014 – For those who read this blog on a somewhat regular basis, you know that we at IISC find and experience great promise in embracing network approaches to (and as) social change. So what happens when we truly see ourselves as...
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December 18, 2013 – Adam Grant is a professor at the Wharton School of Business whose research focuses on “motivation, prosocial giving and helping behaviors, initiative and proactivity.” His work and writing, including his book Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, seem to have...
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December 11, 2013 – I’ve spent time the past week reading through Networks that Work, a handy and concise resource for developing organizational networks, written by Paul Vandeventer, President and CEO of Community Partners, and Myrna Mandell, Ph.D. The book lays out some very...
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December 4, 2013 – “Ultimately if we are to avoid failure in the most critical work of this century, the deepest reaches of our beings must be brought to bear in honestly reevaluating and shifting the most basic structures of our society.” – john a....
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October 3, 2012 – “It’s about redefining ‘doing.'” – Carole Martin A question that has come up across a lot of the network building and advancement work with which I’ve been involved lately is one form of “What constitutes ‘doing’?” I would say that...
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October 3, 2012 – “It’s about redefining ‘doing.'” – Carole Martin A question that has come up across a lot of the network building and advancement work with which I’ve been involved lately is one form of “What constitutes ‘doing’?” I would say that...
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