The first interviews explicit to the topic of Aikido Activism could begin shortly - will be linked to from below.

Some folks - Reed Burkhart et al. - have begun planning the interviews of both (busy) noted/visible Aikido Activists and (also busy) less visible Aikido Activists.

PersonOrganization (website)Interview DateNotes (link to longer bio')
Sergey BrinGoogle ( http://www.google.org/ )-Google As Aikido Activist
Ben Cohen? and Jerry Greenfield?Ben & Jerry's founders-a retrospective on what they did, and what can be done differently in the future
Kevin Danaherfounder/leader of Global Exchange ( http://www.globalexchange.org/ ), author-PR Aikido Activist/self-appointed external social responsibility consultant to Nike, Starbucks, et al.
David GreenProject Impact ( http://www.project-impact.net/ )-MacArthur Foundation Award
Margarita QuihuisReuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford (http://www.rdvp.org/meet/ )--
Douglas RushkoffAuthor/Thinker ( http://www.rushkoff.com/ )-Neil Postman Prize for Public Intellectual Activity, author of eight best-selling books on new media and popular culture ( http://www.rushkoff.com/bio.html )
Matthew ScottStanford Spinoff Ignite Innovations ( http://www.igniteinnovations.com/ )--
Ricardo Semler---
Sparlha SwaSinger/Composer ( http://www.sparlhaswa.com/ )--
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Questions:

  1. Do you combine profitmaking with stewardship in your primary business? How?
  2. Is there a central guiding principle for your work? Can you explain (or provide html links to) some of its premises?
  3. If there were a strong culture for stewardly business, would that be a good thing? What would it mean for your work?
  4. Have you read the essay, Aikido Activism, or had a look at the Aikido Activism wiki? What are your impressions of this concept and its Aikido development framework?
  5. Freeform exploratory interchange of opportunities for Aikido Activism in interviewees domain.
… please suggest more ...


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