Unlock Societal Thinking: Speed, Scale, Sustain
Thu Mar 06 2025
❓How can organizations strategically harness ecosystem resources instead of relying solely on external funding?
❓Why is trust the ultimate accelerator of change, and how can we design for trust at scale?
❓What are the most powerful levers of systemic transformation, and how can social change leaders identify and activate them?
In this episode of Rethink Social Change Podcast, I had the pleasure to sit down with Sanjay Purohit for one of my most insightful conversations to reflect on these questions.
Sanjay is a systems thinker and the architect of #SocietalThinking , a transformative approach to tackling big, urgent, and complex challenges at scale. As the Chief Curator of The Center for Exponential Change https://centreforexponentialchange.org/, Sanjay has worked with 500+ changemakers across 20 countries, pioneering new ways to rethink scale, speed, and sustainability in #socialimpact .
Together, we explored:
🚶🏽♀️ Why scale is not a destination, but a journey and how framing the right big question can set the course for transformation.⏱ The dance of timing. When to move fast, when to consolidate, and when to step back to sustain impact.🔑 Trust as the currency of change. Why "transformation happens at the speed of trust" and how to design for it at scale.🌍 From distributing solutions to distributing the ability to solve and leveraging networks for lasting, systemic impact.📊 Rethinking monitoring & evaluation. Why real success is about progress, not just outcomes, and why listening to communities at scale is key.🛠️ The levers of systemic transformation and how to pull them at the right time to create momentum.
Sanjay’s Think series offers a new vocabulary for change leaders navigating today’s dynamic, unpredictable systems. If you’re a #socialchange practitioner, #funder, or #ecosystem builder seeking to rethink how we create impact in a fast-changing world, this conversation is a must-listen.
Tune in now and let’s push the boundaries of what’s possible in social change.
💡Access the Think Series and Apurva A.I., which we mention in the discussion, below:
#ThinkScale https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Scale-Mobile.pdf
#ThinkSpeed https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Speed-Mobile.pdf
#ThinkSustain https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Sustain-Mobile.pdf
Apurva A.I. https://apurva.ai
#RethinkSocialChange #scalingimpact #trust #SocietalThinking #SystemsLeadership #socialtransformation #impact
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❓How can organizations strategically harness ecosystem resources instead of relying solely on external funding? ❓Why is trust the ultimate accelerator of change, and how can we design for trust at scale? ❓What are the most powerful levers of systemic transformation, and how can social change leaders identify and activate them? In this episode of Rethink Social Change Podcast, I had the pleasure to sit down with Sanjay Purohit for one of my most insightful conversations to reflect on these questions. Sanjay is a systems thinker and the architect of #SocietalThinking , a transformative approach to tackling big, urgent, and complex challenges at scale. As the Chief Curator of The Center for Exponential Change https://centreforexponentialchange.org/, Sanjay has worked with 500+ changemakers across 20 countries, pioneering new ways to rethink scale, speed, and sustainability in #socialimpact . Together, we explored: 🚶🏽♀️ Why scale is not a destination, but a journey and how framing the right big question can set the course for transformation.⏱ The dance of timing. When to move fast, when to consolidate, and when to step back to sustain impact.🔑 Trust as the currency of change. Why "transformation happens at the speed of trust" and how to design for it at scale.🌍 From distributing solutions to distributing the ability to solve and leveraging networks for lasting, systemic impact.📊 Rethinking monitoring & evaluation. Why real success is about progress, not just outcomes, and why listening to communities at scale is key.🛠️ The levers of systemic transformation and how to pull them at the right time to create momentum. Sanjay’s Think series offers a new vocabulary for change leaders navigating today’s dynamic, unpredictable systems. If you’re a #socialchange practitioner, #funder, or #ecosystem builder seeking to rethink how we create impact in a fast-changing world, this conversation is a must-listen. Tune in now and let’s push the boundaries of what’s possible in social change. 💡Access the Think Series and Apurva A.I., which we mention in the discussion, below: #ThinkScale https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Scale-Mobile.pdf #ThinkSpeed https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Speed-Mobile.pdf #ThinkSustain https://societalthinking.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Think-Sustain-Mobile.pdf Apurva A.I. https://apurva.ai #RethinkSocialChange #scalingimpact #trust #SocietalThinking #SystemsLeadership #socialtransformation #impact