Exploring ideas, innovations, and technologies to adapt faster and better in a world of accelerating change. Retired founder @buildecosystems.
Sacramento, CA
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The latest from @peteleyden. We all need more positive narratives of the future and Peter lays out the optimistic case for progress beautifully. 👏👏👏
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"If we’re serious about tackling the world’s biggest problems, we need to be more optimistic. We need to believe that it is possible to tackle them and lean in — critically — to the things that will make that vision a reality."
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Thanks @CameronCushman!
"Ecosystem building is challenging on many levels. As ecosystem builders, we’re essentially trying to change an entrenched system and grow a community."
Great thoughts on ecosystem builder burnoutfrom @digitalsplash from @sacstartup
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Thank you Eric!
Thanks @DigitalSplash, this is what we all feel in building entrepreneur ecosystems. I share your anger, and do my best to continue to find that love of helping others succeed that started my own journey @_clubhouse a decade ago. Friends, pls read this.
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One piece of advice I’ll offer to other ecosystem builders now — slow down and don’t try to do so much so fast.
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Thanks for sharing!
Another great interview from one of our members on the Ecosystems for Change podcast! Learn more about the work of storyteller and servant leader Jeff Bennet. Listen here. bit.ly/3w9GV3J @SocialVenturers @DigitalSplash
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Thanks Beth!
“Help Grow the Field of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building” by Jeff Bennett
link.medium.com/ATaKA0zRnpb. Awesome write up, @jeffbennett @BuildEcosystems !
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Thoroughly enjoying this episode — it's resonating on so many levels. Started reading Flux this am as well. Looks fantastic and looking forward to fully diving in. Thanks to both @AnikaHorn and @aprilrinne for sharing!
Thank you so much @AnikaHorn ~ it was a joy to join you and "talk flux" on Social Venturers! 🙏💡
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It was a pleasure to be @AnikaHorn's guest on the Ecosystems for Change @SocialVenturers podcast and chat about systems thinking, complexity, ecosystem building, burnout and systems change. Thank you Anika for the opportunity!
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"If the goal is to harness the power of entrepreneurship to revitalize impoverished places, we need to think about entrepreneurial ventures ...as collaborative platforms that enable us to leverage local resources in creative ways to..."
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We need to prioritize the management of vulnerability and exposure to extreme weather events. #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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👏 @JoeMaruschak "Trust is the new metric by which we need to assess the success of our efforts... We need to recognize it to make it work for our communities, and move away from measuring the delivering of programs to measuring the degree of trust..."
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Realistic optimism - believing you will succeed, but also that you have to make success happen — that it won't come to you easily. "Believing that the road to success will be rocky leads to greater success because it forces you to take action."
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"The decade ahead is going to be the BEST TIME EVER to be an exponential entrepreneur."
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"The truth is that to compete effectively you need to build deep bonds of trust throughout a complex ecosystem of stakeholders."
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Fascinating article by @MeganMolteni in @wired of science, research, and history enlightening our understanding of how covid-19 spreads.
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"What if instead of waiting [for the end of the pandemic], you act or think differently instead of trying to go back to the way things were?"
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More extreme weather is a certainty. More awareness, effort, funding, and planning needs to focus on climate adaptation.
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"Yes, the world is full of suffering, marked by death, rent by entropy; but it is also, equally undeniably, filled with beauty, wonder and opportunities for love and compassion. And we ought to actively acknowledge both facts."
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