#031 Gemma Mortensen - New Constellations

In this conversation I connected with Gemma Mortensen who is a social entrepreneur, who recently launched New Constellations to help people imagine and create a better, more beautiful future. Prior to that she was Chief Global Officer at Change.org - a platform where over 200 million people from around the world have start a petition for change Prior to that CEO of Crisis Action - which works to protect civilians from armed conflict - and where she helped to create a fantastic handbook for Creative Coalitions. She is also Co-Founder and Vice-Chair of More In Common - seeks to address the underlying drivers of polarization, and build more inclusive societies. We talked about: Creating a space to imaging a more beautiful future and the art of listening The Silicon Valley world view and how to take collective responsibility for stewarding technology for good not ill The need to reclaim hope and optimism and holding the fertile void where surprise is possible again Being on the cusp of being able to tell new stories of the good life I started out by asked her “How can we build creative coalitions"? Enjoy! https://crisisaction.org/handbook/ https://www.change.org/ https://www.moreincommon.com/ https://newconstellations.co/ https://skoll.org/contributor/gemma-mortensen/ www.weareliminal.co