The Rockefeller Foundation, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and the UNDP Innovation Facility are pleased to invite you to join us at the launch of the book: “How Change Happens”, in which author and innovation thought leader Duncan Green shares his insights on how we can better navigate complex systems, power, and social norms to create change.

How can we understand the events, individuals and institutions that change the world? Can we use this to change things for the better? How can we really understand how change happens?

In his new book, Duncan Green explores the major themes that make change happen in the world. Whether you are an activist, campaigner, development practitioner, lobbyist, entrepreneur, individual or an organization, it seeks to understand how power and systems shape change, and how you can influence them.

"The world committed to global transformative change in 2015, with the 2030 Agenda and ... the Paris Climate Agreement… . We need to understand how change happens in order to accelerate our pathway to a safe future. Duncan Green’s book is a timely and badly needed guide to bringing about the necessary social and political change."
– Mary Robinson

"This is a splendid treatise on how to change the actual world—in reality, not just in our dreams.”
– Amartya Sen

For more information about the book, visit http://how-change-happens.com/

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Duncan Green is Oxfam GB’s Senior Strategic Adviser. He teaches international development at the London School of Economics, where he is a Professor in Practice. His blog is one of the most widely read on international development, and is named after his previous book to How Change Happens, From Poverty to Power.

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How Change Happens Book Launch with Duncan Green takes place on Friday December 2nd, 2016 at Think RISE NYC, located at 43 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10010. The event begins at 6 PM and will end at 7:30 PM, after which guests are invited to stick around, mix, mingle, and network until 8:30 PM. Kindly RSVP here by November 30th, 2016. For more information, please contact us at undp.innovation@gmail.com