MATERIAL CHANGE Design Thinking and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement

Eve Blossom Foreword by Yves Behar New photography by Mark Standen Metropolis Books

6 Foreword Yves Behar THE POWER OF CIRCUMSTANCE

16 A Pattern in t h e Threads 16 A Powerful Moment 26 Disruptive Entrepreneur/ Patrick Awuah/Ashesi University 27 The Lulan Story 29 A Movement Accelerates IT'S NEVER A LINEAR PATH Guiding Influences Deep-Rooted Design Community as Designer Disruptive Entrepreneur/ Dr. Jordan Kassalow/VisionSpring Bold Colors, Bold Ideas A Shift in Focus Reach Deep, Reach Out Lulan Artisans

SUSTAIHABILITY IN 6 - D 100 Weaving Knowledge into Change 100 T h e Practical Path t o Sustainability: A Checklist for Action 103 Disruptive Entrepreneur/ M u n a AbuSulayman/Kalam Nawaem THE POWER OF STORY 118 Coming H o m e 118 A C o m m o n Thread 119 Disruptive Entrepreneur/Tali Gottlieb/ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation

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DECENTRALIZE AS YOU LOCALIZE

132 A Chance Meeting 132 Holistic Thinking 133 Disruptive Entrepreneur/Ricardo Teran/ Agora Partnerships 135 The Charrette 137 Decentralize w i t h o u t Compromise 139 Expanding t h r o u g h "We've" 139 To Scale or Not to Scale I T ' S BIGGER T H A N Y O U T H I N K , A N D I T ' S N O T W H A T Y O U THINK Resilience, Recommitment, Revalidation The Journey Is t h e Destination Land Water Disruptive E n t r e p r e n e u r / Shashin Chokshi/Aaj ki Kishori Agriculture Impact Loops

DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEURS 48 A Sense of Place 48 Spirited Provocateurs 49 Disruptive E n t r e p r e n e u r / Juliana Rotich/Ushahidi.org 49 Our Response, O u r Ability 54 Disruptive Strategies 56 A Well-Designed Solution WHAT M O V E S YOU, GRABS YOU, A N D W O N ' T LET GO A Face to a Problem Ideas Are Not Enough Disruptive Entrepreneur/Shaffi Mather/ Bribebusters.com It's Systems Design

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154 LULAN ARTISANS BUSINESS PROCESS 156 LULAN ARTISANS BUSINESS STRATEGY 158 Acknowledgments

CONTAINERS FOR COLLABORATION 86 A Time t o Connect More Deeply 86 Creating Your Containers 88 Disruptive Entrepreneur/ Tobias Rose-Stockwell/Human Translation