Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change

AFTERWORD

Leading Toward Common Ground

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

—NELSON MANDELA

Everybody has something they want to change, whether it is something in their community, their organization, their industry, or throughout society as a whole. However, not everybody wants the same change. What excites and inspires some, others fear. No change affects everyone equally. That’s why, as Saul Alinsky pointed out, every revolution sparks a counterrevolution. One person’s win is often another’s loss.

We’ve seen this dynamic throughout this book. Whether it is a movement to lift up the oppressed, to improve healthcare or education, to turn around a failing company, or to advocate for a new corporate initiative, change of any kind threatens ...