{"product_id":"2940169240221","title":"Getting to Maybe: How the World Is Changed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA practical, inspirational, revolutionary guide to social innovation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of us  have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good  intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme  of things that nothing we can do will actually help feed the world's hungry, fix  the damage of a Hurricane Katrina or even get a healthy lunch program up and running  in the local school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe tend to think that great social change is the province of  heroes amp;mdash; an intimidating view of reality that keeps ordinary people on the couch.  But extraordinary leaders such as Gandhi and even unlikely social activists such  as Bob Geldof most often see themselves as harnessing the forces around them, rather  than singlehandedly setting those forces in motion. The trick in any great social  project amp;mdash; from the global fight against AIDS to working to eradicate poverty in a  single Canadian city amp;mdash; is to stop looking at the discrete elements and start trying  to understand the complex relationships between them. By studying fascinating real-life  examples of social change through this systems-and-relationships lens, the authors  of \u003ci\u003eGetting to Maybe\u003c\/i\u003e tease out the rules of engagement between volunteers, leaders,  organizations and circumstance amp;mdash; between individuals and what Shakespeare called  \"the tide in the affairs of men.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGetting to Maybe\u003c\/i\u003e applies the insights of complexity  theory and harvests the experiences of a wide range of people and organizations amp;mdash; including the ministers behind the Boston Miracle (and its aftermath); the Grameen  Bank, in which one man's dream of micro-credit sparked a financial revolution for  the world's poor; the efforts of a Canadian clothing designer to help transform the  lives of Indigenous women and children; and many more amp;mdash; to lay out a brand new way  of thinking about making change in communities, in business, and in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161782337776,"sku":"2940169240221","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169240221_p0.jpg?v=1763770428","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169240221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}