Over the past few months, it’s been great to see excitement building for a type of leader who works across sectors to build and improve the systems and infrastructure to solve social problems. In some of my previous UnSectored posts, … Continue reading
I often decry the people who are on the lookout for “the next big thing.” This may be fitting for fashionistas and techies, but it can cause serious problems for social changemakers. The human attention span is short–every single election … Continue reading
This site is constantly evolving. Every post adds to its direction and each person’s opinion tweaks my ideas about where to take it. As blogger Mark Hecker said, the goals of this site are quite ambiguous and its message is … Continue reading
From time to time, I’ll hear someone in the social entrepreneurship community speak about charity as a waste of time – the thing to avoid doing at all costs. The intention might not be to admonish the charity model, but … Continue reading
This will come as no surprise to many: I really like infrastructure. I get excited when I meet people who develop, connect, and improve the infrastructure that connects individuals, communities, and institutions working for lasting social change. Social infrapreneurship is … Continue reading
Occupy DC still rages outside my office. I wrote about the movement last week, but I keep coming back to it in my thoughts and conversations. In my post, I said that instead of people taking to the streets out of … Continue reading
“An infra-pre-what?” It’s a common reaction I get when describing myself as an infrapreneur. Most people have heard of entrepreneurs, and many can figure out that an intrapreneur is one who makes change from within a system or institution. But … Continue reading
