KNOWLEDGE SNIPPETS

The Learning Zone

February 28

Dear colleagues,

I could have sent a Knowledge Snippet about that study on scaling pathways in India that was just published, or the results from the system change calls with the current Globalizer cohort. That would have been interesting.

The Knowledge Snippets are about learning, though, and when it comes to learning, Eduardo Briceño's TEDx talk is much more relevant. So let's forget the studies and consider this instead:

What if, instead of spending our lives doing, doing doing, performing, performing, performing, we spent more time exploring, asking, listening, experimenting, reflecting, striving, and becoming? What if we each always had something that we are working to improve?

This email prevents you from doing any important deep work anyway, so why not watch the full video right now?

Are you already inspired to spend more time in the Learning Zone? Here are some safe spaces within Ashoka that you can use when it comes to system change, scaling, and impact measurement:

System Dancing Sessions: colleagues play with systems thinking tools.
Recommended Reading List: for systems thinking and how it can be applied to social entrepreneurship.
Globalizer program: become an advisor to a Fellow to learn more about our thought process and tools and how they can be applied to Venture and Fellowship.
Impact Measurement Roundtable: monthly call on anything M&E, from evaluation strategy to survey design.
Coaching: use a pro-bono coach to reflect and work on anything that's on your mind.

Do you know of any other safe spaces? Do you have tips on how we can create more of them? Let me know and I will include them in the next Knowledge Snippet.

Until then, have a great week! I'm looking forward to seeing you in the Learning Zone.

Odin

PS: From now on, the Knowledge Snippets will be sent via MailChimp. If you receive these mails because I just kept putting you in the list of recipients, this is your chance to unsubscribe.