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Moms Demand Action Founder on What It Takes to Lead Change

2025/6/24
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Adi Ignatius
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Alison Beard
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Shannon Watts
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Adi Ignatius: 作为高层领导，我深刻体会到推动变革需要拥有并驱动新举措，更重要的是要坚持下去，保持持续的能量。仅仅依靠最初的热情和支持是不够的，必须建立流程并不断投入精力，才能使变革产生长远的影响。 Alison Beard: Shannon Watts的经验对我们很有启发。她从一个愤怒的母亲，转变为推动枪支安全立法的领导者，她的故事告诉我们如何将愤怒转化为行动，如何在挑战中前进，以及如何激励和团结他人。建立联盟至关重要，因为没有人能单枪匹马地改变世界，必须团结合作。 Shannon Watts: Sandy Hook 枪击案后，我的悲伤变成了愤怒，促使我采取行动。我并不认为自己是合适的人选，但我自身的价值观、能力和愿望促使我创建了 Moms Demand Action。要成为变革的推动者，需要优先考虑自己的愿望，而不是义务，摆脱社会强加的各种“应该”。评估自己的价值观和技能是否能应对挑战，是变得更勇敢的过程。单靠个人无法点燃激情，需要融入社群，社群中的人会看到你身上你未曾发现的潜力，并给予你信心和鼓励。面对反击，要相信自己的直觉，并找到支持你的人，保持自信，及时调整，继续前进。行动主义是一场马拉松，也是一场接力赛，你需要把接力棒交给其他人。当我给别人机会站出来，贡献他们的精力和想法时，事情会变得更好。

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This chapter explores how to recognize problems that deserve your attention and action, highlighting the importance of aligning personal values, skills, and desires with the cause. Shannon Watts' experience with Moms Demand Action is used as a case study.
  • Pay attention to cues from your emotions and values.
  • Analyze your values, skills, and desires to see if they align with the challenge.
  • Understand that tackling a challenge requires bravery and community support.

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Whether you're a manager trying to move your organization in a new direction, an entrepreneur seeking to fix a consumer pain point, or a non-profit leader working to improve society, it can be hard to turn your and others' passion for a cause into meaningful change. Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, a gun safety advocacy group, shares how she channeled her anger over U.S. school shootings into an organization with more than 10 million supporters and a string of policy victories. She explains how to know when your desires, values, and skills align to tackle a challenge, how to build a coalition, and how to keep people motivated, Watts is the author of the book Fired Up: How to Turn Your Spark into a Flame and Come Alive at Any Age.