Changemaker Playbook

Our one-leader-at-a-time past has given way to a present reality where everyone has the potential to lead in every aspect of life. We all have at our fingertips the tools of change that were once available to just a few - and The shift from one-leader-at-a-time to everyone-leading-in-every-moment has created a changemaker effect on society. Change is no longer linear and faster, it's explosive and omnidirectional.THE CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK will show you how to thrive in every aspect of today's transformed societal landscape.A tutorial on the principles of empathy-based ethics and co-creative teamwork, THE CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK is as much a leadership handbook as it is a guide to personal achievement. Based on the author's discoveries about leading in change from front-edge thinkers - business and social entrepreneurs, educators, media thought leaders and youth changemakers - who distinguish themselves by putting their bold ideas and entrepreneurial capacities to work for the good of all, readers can apply the principles in this bookto every aspect of their lives.This book is less about getting ahead and more about getting along - because in the world we have entered, this is the central principle underlying the new success formula.

"Changemaker Playbook is the perfect guide for people who want to better their communities and themselves in today's fast-changing world by fostering empathy, following our creative passions, and solving problems through teamwork." --- Mimi Goss, author of What Is Your One Sentence?, "Changemaker Playbook offers a clear picture and a powerful vision for commanding today's world. This is a must read for business and social-sector professionals advancing mission-led organizations." --- Christoffer Omberg, CEO and co-founder at Oslo Business Forum, "Changemaker Playbook is hopeful and bound to inspire. We all need a guiding light. And in this book Henry shows us so many guiding lights. For all of us who strive for the world as it should be, this is a roadmap for how we can make it happen." --- Johanna Maska, host of Pod is a Woman and CEO at The Global Situation Room, Inc., "Changemaker Playbook is a powerful new leadership framework and organizational model for working in teams of teams, powered by the idea that when we put ourselves in the shoes of those who are struggling or are on the margins--if we can genuinely understand the world from their perspective--then we can take care of business and solve society's most urgent and pressing issues." --- Jostein Solheim, former CEO at Ben & Jerry's and senior business executive at Unilever, "As a student leader, ours is the generation that will lead us into the new, complex, ever-changing game. Changemaker Playbook is an essential tool that every student leader needs to read in order to thrive and excel in this elaborate world we live in today." --- Anna Counihan, student body president at University of Minnesota Duluth and student leader at the National Campus Leadership Council

Henry F. De Sio, Jr. will make an outstanding spokesperson for THE CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK. He has been a commentator and keynote speaker on individual and organizational achievement. He was featured as a 75-minute segment of CSPAN's Road to the White House, has been a guest on Alan Colmes' national radio broadcast, and has headlined at such impressive venues as the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, the Asia Leadership Conference in Seoul (along with George W. Bush and Gerhard Schroeder), and the Global Child Forum at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, by invitation of the King and Queen. He has spoken at The Hague and at the Start-up Columbia Festival. He is an Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar, his op-eds have appeared in Newsweek, Reuters and The Hill, and he has been a contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur