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What is Transformation? Check out the new Handbook…

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jan 31, 2022 | Human Development, International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

Available now on Springer.com Download flyer here … we are aligned with transformation, as both process and outcome, that results in a dramatic shift in our thinking, feelings, and actions. We know that when that dramatic shift occurs, our being and worldviews are...

Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis: Book available for pre-order now!

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 6, 2021 | International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change, Strategic Change

I am thrilled to be among a group of Social Scientists who are part of a Routledge shortform book titled Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis, edited by Dr. Jean Bartunek. The book has just been released for pre-order, inspired by “a “rant” by...

Quilting our Global Futures

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jul 31, 2021 | Human Development, International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

This summer: I am living in a community juggling daily wildfire alerts and emergency evacuation orders as fires burn in parts of Canada and the United States as well as Macedonia, Turkey and Italy. My community is also among the growing number of places contending...

Social Change Will Take All of Us… “By the crowd we have been broken, by the crowd we shall be healed.”

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Oct 31, 2020 | International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change

The following is an excerpt on social transformation of trauma from my new book: Transformation After Trauma: The Power of Resonance. Excerpt is from Chapter 6, Resonance in Transforming Systemic Trauma. I am amazed at how relevant this work is for the times we are...

Your story, our story: the transformative power of life narratives

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 26, 2020 | International Development, Leadership, Social Change

Excerpt of my story in the opening panel at the last Transformative Learning Network Conference, now published in the Journal of Reflective Practice, September 2020. Article by panel curators and participants: Marguerite A. Welch, Akasha, Aka Pete Saunders, Petra T....

Ancestries: A Short Story Collection

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Aug 31, 2019 | Ancestries, Identities, International Development, Leadership, Social Change

It’s September! And I am pleased to announce the launch of Ancestries: A short story collection. Paperback and kindle editions available on Amazon NOW! Official book launch at the Afrocentrism Conference on September 22, 2019! Books available for signing at the...
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My writing includes reflections and real or fictional stories about leadership, organization development, social change and identity that bring them all together. Why? Because stories shape how we lead and how we live and the narratives we pursue can ignite transformation and uncover new possibilities...

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