Do you look at the world around you and wonder where we've gone so wrong? Then it's time to get involved in making it a better place. However, if you want to make a positive social impact, you need transformative leadership. There are too many examples in the world that show that the traditional changemaker playbook isn't working, that those who make the decisions that can change people's lives for the better need a new approach to social impact strategy. The Weaver's Way: What An Ancient Art Can Teach You About Shaping Change proposes just such an approach for the social entrepreneur.
Inspired by the way a Guatemalan weaver approaches the art of bringing separate strands together to create strong, beautiful textiles, The Weaver's Way is the changemaker's book you need if you're interested in social entrepreneurship and innovation that is sustainable. It invites you to think about how change happens and whether the approach you've been taking or have read about in other social enterprise books is really the most effective for the community that you're working in. It explores the sociology of change and suggests tools for social change that you may find useful in your journey.
The Weaver's Way is a practical guide for how to be a changemaker without being prescriptive. After all, just like every new textile the weaver creates, every situation where you might want to see social change is unique. There isn't one pattern that fits all but the basic principles--the stitches and techniques--that the book explores are universal, whether you're in Guatemala or Australia, Malaysia or Botswana, or in the United States.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." As a sustainable business book, The Weaver's Way is an inspiring and thought-provoking read not only for those working in the formal change sector but also for anyone wanting to make those small changes in their community that may end up changing their world.
