Capacity Builders / Teachers

Aaron Hurst, Author, consultant and founder of the TapRoot Foundation – talks about the power of having every workplace be a place of purpose and meaning. https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-Aaron_Hurst1.mp3

Allyson Hewitt, Director of the Social Innovation Generator at the Toronto-based social enterprise engine “MaRS,” talks about the power of creating neutral safe spaces for exploration, where people are encouraged to open up to what is possible. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Allyson-Hewitt.mp3

Jeanne Bell CEO of CompassPoint, talks about the power of leadership across systems to create movements for change. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-Jeanne_Bell.mp3

Geoff Mulgan Geoff Mulgan, CEO of NESTA (Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), and former Director of Policy to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, talks about the nimble power of small, nimble organizations to create sweeping change. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-GeoffMulgan.mp3

Tonya Surman, founder and CEO of the Toronto-based Centre for Social Innovation, talks about the power of creating physical spaces where changemakers can work and learn together. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-Tonya_Surman.mp3

Michael Quinn Patton, program evaluation consultant and author, talks about the importance of learning how change leaders think vs. learning what they do. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-Michael_Quinn_Patton1.mp3

Martin Brueckner, Lecturer at the Institute for Social Sustainability at Murdoch University in Western Australia, talks about people moving from awareness (theory) to action (this is personal!). Listen to it now : https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-Martin_Brueckner.mp3

Paul Born President of the Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, talks about the power of getting citizens involved by finding the common intention beyond the labels that divide. Listen to it now: https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-Paul_Born.mp3

Peter Block Author and consultant, talks about the power of engaging and organizing community members to create the future they want for themselves. Listen to it now : https://makingchange.creatingthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/INTERVIEW-PeterBlock.mp3