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Social innovators, and disrupters of systems in the service of others, offer unique insights to making the world a more just, sustainable, and equitable place<\/p>\n

How do we make the world a better place? It\u2019s not resources, solutions, or technologies that we lack, it\u2019s resourcefulness. We need to work out how we organize ourselves as citizens, governments, and businesses to transform. Social innovators, and disrupters in the service of others, offer unique insights to making the world a more just, sustainable, and equitable place. Together, the Schwab Foundation\u2019s community of social innovators have impacted the lives of over 722 million people in over 190 countries. Add these six books to your required reading list, and you too can inspire change:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facilitating breakthrough: How to remove obstacles, bridge differences, and move forward together<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Thought Leader, and 2022 Awardee, Adam Kahane<\/a>, Director, Reos Partners.<\/p>\n

As world issues like climate change, COVID-19 alongside societal, economic, and political tensions become more intense, so too does making real progress, and finding solutions to difficult challenges together. In this book, Adam Kahane explores the contribution that facilitation can make to help people collaborate better to make real progress. He describes a new approach of transformative facilitation, in which rather than forcing the other person to agree, the facilitator removes obstacles that stand in the way of people contributing and really connecting. This book applies to many of today\u2019s diverse situations and is perfect for anyone that works on collaborating with people, organizations, stakeholders, and more. Find out more<\/a> about how to use transformative facilitation to achieve real breakthroughs.<\/p>\n

Five scarves: Doing the impossible, if we can reverse cell fate, why can\u2019t we redefine success?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Schwab Foundation Social Innovator and 2022 Awardee, Rana Dajani<\/a>, Founder of Taghyeer\/We Love Reading (WLR).<\/p>\n

Rana Dajani is a mother, teacher, scientist, social entrepreneur, and feminist, symbolized by wearing \u2018Five Scarves.\u2019 In this book, Rana describes the challenges she\u2019s faced and the innovations she\u2019s made in genetic analysis to grassroots social change and Islamic perspectives on evolution. This book is an exploration between the intersections on gender, race, religion, and science, told through the eyes of one of the world\u2019s leading Muslim women scientists, doing the impossible.<\/p>\n

Prisms of the people: Power and organizing in twenty-first-century America<\/strong><\/h2>\n

by Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Thought Leader, and 2022 Awardee, Hahrie Han<\/a>, and Elizabeth McKenna, and Michelle Oyakawa.<\/p>\n

Prisms of the People<\/a> looks at the differences between a movement that wins victories for its constituents, and one that fails, and the factors that make collective action powerful. It takes a specific look at grassroots organizing and collective action in America as underrepresented people struggle to make their voices heard. Using data from six-movement organizations\u2014Hahrie Han, Elizabeth McKenna, and Michelle Oyakawa show that the power of the most successful movements is found in their ability to act as \u201cprisms of the people,\u201d turning participation into political power. Understanding the organizational design choices that shape the people, their leaders, and their strategies can help us understand how grassroots groups achieve their goals. This book links strong scholarship to a deep understanding of the needs and outlooks of activists.<\/p>\n

Radical football: J\u00fcrgen Griesbeck and the story of football for good<\/strong><\/h2>\n

by Steve Fleming. Social innovator and 2011 Schwab Foundation Awardee, J\u00fcrgen Griesbeck,<\/a> wrote the last chapter of Radical Football<\/a> to help conclude and distil why the world needs radical collaboration to tackle the challenges of our times and how football has a critically enabling role to play.<\/p>\n

From using football to promote peace on the streets of Medell\u00edn, to building a global network of Football for Good organizations, J\u00fcrgen is now leading transformational change across the football industry, with entire clubs, companies, and competitions. He believes that collaboration (team play) is probably the biggest innovation of our time. He has invested the past 25 years in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem and mobilising the football industry to efficiently contribute to sustainably scale the impact. This book captures J\u00fcrgen’s passion, drive, and leadership, and presents a collaborative vision to put purpose \u2013 people and planet – at the heart of football.<\/p>\n

The systems work of social change: How to harness connection, context, and power to cultivate deep and enduring change.<\/h2>\n

Written by Fran\u00e7ois Bonnici, Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and Cynthia Rayner, Researcher, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation, University of Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Systems Work of Social Change<\/a>, Cynthia Rayner and Fran\u00e7ois Bonnici draw on two hundred years of history and a treasure trove of stories of committed social changemakers to uncover principles and practices for social change that radically depart from industrial approaches<\/a>. Rather than delivering \u201csolutions,\u201d these principles and practices focus on the process of change itself. Through rich storytelling and lucid analysis, Rayner and Bonnici show that connection, context, and power sit at the heart of the change process, ensuring broader agency for people and communities to create social systems that are responsive and representative in a rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n

The worth of water, our story of chasing solutions to the world\u2019s greatest challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n

by Schwab Foundation Social Innovator, Gary White and Matt Damon.<\/p>\n

For more than 30 years Gary White<\/a> and Matt Damon have has been dedicated to empowering people in the developing world to gain access to safe water and sanitation and has ve been pioneering market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis which affects a third of the world\u2019s population. In 2009, Gary was joined by the actor, Matt Damon.<\/p>\n

In their latest book, Gary and Matt explain what happens<\/a> when a \u201cmovie actor and a civil engineer team up to try and take on the global water crisis \u2014 the stumbles and obstacles, the breakthroughs and big gains, and the incredible people we met along the way.”<\/p>\n

The Worth of Water<\/a> demonstrates the challenges in building and scaling market-based financial solutions to the water crisis and is a story about how individuals and communities can be empowered to make long-lasting investments in clean water and sanitation.<\/p>\n

Power, for All: How it really works and why it\u2019s everyone\u2019s business<\/strong><\/h2>\n

by Schwab Foundation Social Innovator and 2019 Awardee Julia Battilana<\/a>, and Tiziana Casciaro.<\/p>\n

Co-authors Julia and Tiziana want to change how people see power, not a tool reserved for the privileged few, or dirty business, but as energy for everyone to harness to make our life, work, and society better. In their book, Power for All<\/a>, they identify the antidotes that leaders have at their disposal to counter the poisonous and disastrous effects of power, and the opportunities presented by the relentless pursuit of the common good. They argue that leaders need to practice humility as an antidote to hubris and empathy as an antidote to self-focus. In turn, empathy and humility are conducive to learning and the pursuit of altruistic goals, two key ingredients for using power for a collective purpose rather than mere self-interest.<\/p>\n

Source: www.weforum.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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