Changemakers’ Handbook
Elena Bondareva, Dominique Hes, Whitney Austin Gray, Andrew MacLeodYour front-row seat to PhD findings into changemaking and no-holds-barred insight into my experience across 6 continents. Join me in fueling dialogue on the why, the how, the how not to, and the personal toll of creating regenerative transformation.
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A poem for the wild
I keep returning to a question underneath much of my work lately: what remains when we strip changemaking of its strategies, frameworks, titles and claims to importance?
Increasingly, I think the answer has something to do with our cap...
My cover is blown
“Are you a spy?” is a question I get surprisingly often.
Yes, I was raised in the Soviet Union and have spent much of my life making relatively little sense to anybody anywhere. Still, the question surprises me mostly because regul...
Art is water for changemaking
I may have been bullying artists recently.
Or, perhaps, I have been excessively compelling changemakers who are capable of making art to do so. Either way, a poet, a satirist, a couple of painters, and an occasional dancer have bee...
Can changemaking be taught?
Approximately 70% of transformational efforts fail. We often blame strategy, leadership, culture, funding, politics, or bad luck. Increasingly, my research suggests another explanation: we have never treated changemaking as a profession.
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Field Notes on Changemaking (Q2 2026)
In this second installment of Field Notes on Changemaking, I again step back after a quarter of essays and conversations to reflect, synthesize, and help build shared memory for an emerging profession.
These field notes serve two purpo...
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The author of Change-maker's Handbook, Elena is a renowned transformation expert who has held public, private, teaching, and Board roles on six continents. She leads Vivit Group Worldwide.
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