My own journey into elderhood and changemaking began after I had experienced the exhilaration of spending near a decade in building a very successful independent high school in Southern California. It was this experience that led me to the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford. My assignment: figure out how Baby Boomers could “give back” in our old age.
This gave me the opportunity to interact with what I call "professional changemakers," what the world calls "social entrepreneurs." The better I got to know them I began seeing patterns. Intuitively it seemed they went about planning for change by "making a map, minding the gaps and building an app."
And, a bit later in life as an Encore Fellow in the Mayor's Office in San José -- tasked with building a mentoring program for underserved youth -- I would experience another major attitude adjustment. Due to the pandemic we had to scrap our plans, deliver our program in groups and go virtual. The result was something far more successful. Here's the story of what we piloted and the key lessons learned.
Upon reflection, that's exactly the planning method I seemed to have been using in my own journey. My story is all about how I went about mapping the terrain of older folks, then minding the gaps that emerged, then building a few unsuccessful apps before I was able to develop a viable one.
My interest in social and organizational change runs a bit deeper, when as a young school principal I became aware of "the school as ecosystem." Consult with " "Clint's Origin Story" to see how I became captivated by what I call "the physics of change."
My story is a "case study." It's among a growing number of other stories and case studies captured in this website.
This gave me the opportunity to interact with what I call "professional changemakers," what the world calls "social entrepreneurs." The better I got to know them I began seeing patterns. Intuitively it seemed they went about planning for change by "making a map, minding the gaps and building an app."
And, a bit later in life as an Encore Fellow in the Mayor's Office in San José -- tasked with building a mentoring program for underserved youth -- I would experience another major attitude adjustment. Due to the pandemic we had to scrap our plans, deliver our program in groups and go virtual. The result was something far more successful. Here's the story of what we piloted and the key lessons learned.
Upon reflection, that's exactly the planning method I seemed to have been using in my own journey. My story is all about how I went about mapping the terrain of older folks, then minding the gaps that emerged, then building a few unsuccessful apps before I was able to develop a viable one.
My interest in social and organizational change runs a bit deeper, when as a young school principal I became aware of "the school as ecosystem." Consult with " "Clint's Origin Story" to see how I became captivated by what I call "the physics of change."
My story is a "case study." It's among a growing number of other stories and case studies captured in this website.