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Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World Hardcover – May 5, 2020

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"An instant classic." ―Arianna Huffington
"Will inspire people from across the political spectrum." ―Jonathan Haidt

Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award, an essential shortlist of leadership ideas for everyone who wants to do good in this world, from Jacqueline Novogratz, author of the New York Times bestseller The Blue Sweater and founder and CEO of Acumen.

In 2001, when Jacqueline Novogratz founded Acumen, a global community of socially and environmentally responsible partners dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty, few had heard of impact investing―Acumen’s practice of “doing well by doing good.” Nineteen years later, there’s been a seismic shift in how corporate boards and other stakeholders evaluate businesses: impact investment is not only morally defensible but now also economically advantageous, even necessary.

Still, it isn’t easy to reach a success that includes profits as well as mutually favorable relationships with workers and the communities in which they live. So how can today’s leaders, who often kick off their enterprises with high hopes and short timetables, navigate the challenges of poverty and war, of egos and impatience, which have stymied generations of investors who came before?

Drawing on inspiring stories from change-makers around the world and on memories of her own most difficult experiences, Jacqueline divulges the most common leadership mistakes and the mind-sets needed to rise above them. The culmination of thirty years of work developing sustainable solutions for the problems of the poor, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution offers the perspectives necessary for all those―whether ascending the corporate ladder or bringing solar light to rural villages―who seek to leave this world better off than they found it.

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"Wise and optimistic, [Novogratz] provides a benevolent tonic for those looking to rise above the troubled waters of the age and embrace the 'beautiful struggle' of rebuilding our broken world. An inspiringly hopeful book."
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“An urgent manifesto about what it means to stand with the poor, to see through clear eyes, and most of all, to do work worth doing. Jacqueline Novogratz helps each of us understand that we’re capable of so much, if we only cared enough.”
 ―Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author of Linchpin and This is Marketing

"Everyone who wants to have an impact on the world ― from entrepreneurs, philanthropists and CEOs, to volunteers, teachers and advocates ― would be wise to keep a copy of this new book by Jacqueline Novogratz at hand. The original yet basic strategic ideas she shares in this instant classic can be the difference between just hoping for change and actually creating it. Don't listen to the naysayers ― just read this book."
―Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

"Manifesto for a Moral Revolution is a timely, personal and focused reminder that our orientation to the work is as important as the work itself. For the many who want to do good but have not quite thought about the mindsets that will allow them to do such good, this book is necessary."
―DeRay McKesson, activist, organizer, podcaster, and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

"When we look at the world’s problems, it’s easy to be discouraged―and maybe even conclude that positive change is futile. There’s a remedy for this discouragement: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Manifesto for a Moral Revolution. Positive change isn’t just possible; it is happening all around us. Novogratz introduces the quiet warriors for a better world, and shows how each of us can be part of the moral revolution, starting today."
―Arthur C Brooks, author of Love Your Enemies, president emeritus, American Enterprise Institute & Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School and Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School

"Don't let the words 'manifesto' and 'revolution' fool you; this book is all about love, humility, and patience. With gorgeous writing, arresting stories, and deep insights into complex systems, Novogratz shows the power of listening―not just to the poor but to everyone who can help you see new possibilities. In the process she offers a way to blend capitalism and social justice that will inspire people from across the political spectrum, and which is, I think, the moral revolution we most need."
―Jonathan Haidt, New York Times bestselling author of The Righteous Mind and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind

About the Author

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen. She has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast, and one of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes, which also honored her with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In addition to Acumen, she is a sought after speaker and sits on a number of philanthropic boards. She lives in New York with her husband.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt and Co.; Standard Edition (May 5, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250222877
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250222879
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 1.04 x 8.6 inches
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Until May 26th, your purchase of Manifesto for a Moral Revolution will give you free access to Jaqueline's class "The Path of Moral Leadership." Visit acumenacademy.org to redeem and learn important practices from leaders who have broken boundaries and improved how the poor, the vulnerable, and the earth are treated.

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen. She has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast, and one of the world’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes, which also honored her with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

More information at www.acumen.org/moralrevolution. All proceeds from the book sales go to Acumen to fight poverty and support moral leaders.

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blown away I was – over and over again – by MMR. I have never heard of a better human being than Jacqueline. I’ve never seen a better epitomizing of Gandhi’s maxim to “be the change you want to see.” They just *must* give her a Nobel Prize for Peace or Economics, because this book shows clearly how she deserves both to the max!!I could write for a year about all the good I learned from the book. I’ve already sent it to all my chosen family.Her personal courage in forthrightness, honesty, being so transparent on vulnerabilities, letting us inside her self-questioning and fears….Rare indeed, and magnetic for the reader.The lessons taught are done so with great ease and naturalness – flowing from stories – and stories about stories! – and applied to real life in our times and every place. The lessons on marrying humility with audacity, on listening, and on accompaniment – these have tremendous resonance for me and I would think everyone..I cried when reading of how my own tribe of gender in Lahore, Pakistan, was able to be of crucial help to the activist and child-saver Muhammad Ali with his noblest of noble quests to save the thousands of abducted children from trafficking…And she writes so well. I can picture her standing in the room in Kibera and others, and I can sense her in those humble if not difficult rooms, and, feel the cosmic bondings that occurred. There is an ocean in Novogratz' glistening magical drop, and this book lets some of that ocean into our own ever-seeking drops.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational because it is practical
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2022
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A wonderful tour of social ventures across the emerging world, the author backs them with her patient venture capital model. These are real, scalable sustainable businesses, not charities. They have customers, not beneficiaries.

The middle of the book has an excellent discussion of her contribution to social enterprise founders in the USA. The first year’s effort was almost hijacked by minorities complaining about being minorities, objecting to her white privilege, refusing to learn from the opportunities she offered. She struggled, race is difficult ground to navigate in the USA. But she got through it, she realised that stepping back is letting down, she needed to move forward to pull up the participants, most of whom wanted and appreciated her help.

It also has a section discussing Malala in her region in Pakistan. The locals got to tell the author why it was annoying for the west to focus on Malala. The horrors Malala faced were due to Taliban who took over after her region’s progressive locals were let down by central government and the west. But the west treats the locals as repressive and backwards.

She reads the audio book, she has a wonderful voice, and the stories she tells move her. I recommend listening to that version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Profound Insights to Build the Future
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2020
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For those of us fortunate to have missed the worst suffering of the last few months, there has been time to reflect and assess. We wonder how our lives will change in coming months and years--what will change around us and how do we want to change our own lives. This book provides fresh understanding about what unsettles me now about the way our world works and how to reach for a new normal characterized by the values, beliefs and behavior I once thought were common traits and aspiration.
Ms. Novogratz's elegant book uses words that have slipped from public oration: idealism, duty, dignity, beauty, morality. These words and ideas describe a powerful intellectual framework for a moral revolution now at work in places scattered around the world. There are stories about these people, devoting themselves to making the world a better place with their sweat, persistence, doubt and courage all held firm by the values of the moral revolution.
You do not need to consider yourself ready to change the world to find inspiration and profound learning in this book. All you need is the curiosity to learn the lessons of this extraordinary woman's personal growth and work over the last three decades and to then see a way to think about and accept that the world can be--and needs to be-- a better place. She provides the intellectual and moral framework each one of us can embrace to help build the future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the start, or renewal, of a commitment to making a real difference
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020
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This is a time when hope and inspiration are badly needed, but this book is so much more. With 12 clear practices of moral leadership, and stories of real people, many of them facing huge challenges themselves, standing up to create positive social change, this book grants the reader permission to just begin. And the stories themselves are so riveting - each one a chance to step into another world and another's person's life thanks to Novogratz's vivid and compassionate writing. Wherever you are on your impact journey, grab this book, and be reminded of the limitless possibilities for humans to work together and to build a world that works for all.
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JOSE NAVAS
4.0 out of 5 stars Magnifico libro y extraordinaria autora
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2022
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Muy interesante y constructivo. Regalé 5 ejemplares a mis colaboradores
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and deeply relevant
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020
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Jacqueline takes the reader on a tour around the world, inside the homes and lives of inspiring changemakers. Often times aspirations and dreams of making an impact can feel lofty and intimidating, but Jacqueline breaks down the key practices any one can put into place to make the change they envision. Further, the stories of the leaders she shares throughout the book help to place these practices in context, offering concrete examples of what it actually looks like to practice courage or build products and services for those living in poverty. Jacqueline's writing grabs hold of your attention from the first page making you feel like you're experiencing these beautiful stories alongside her. It's a book that you will not want to put down and will recommend to everyone you know as there truly is something for everyone in it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for anyone interested in making the world a better place
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022
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This book is amazing. Written in a relatable and practical way, the reader gets a true sense of hope and what is needed to promote the dignity of each person, peace, opportunity and justice for all
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5.0 out of 5 stars The most inspiring of the Impact leaders
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2021
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For nearly 20 years now, I only read spiritual books, or scientific books with a spiritual aspect. I decided to make an exception with JN’s book, out of respect for the objectives of Acumen. It turned out to be not a deviation at all! Among impact organisations, JN’s and Acumen’s motivation are rare in being so firmly anchored in deep spiritual values. Conversely, one might say that someone who claims to be spiritual but does not act in such an authentic way as the Acumen community members described here does not really live in truth.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Whether you want to change the world or change your life...
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020
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this book will teach you how. It will inspire you to ask yourself who you want to be in the world, and it offers a roadmap of how to get there. It's a book that every single one of us needs to read - especially right now. The stories are beautiful and compelling and show us what real meaningful change looks like and how we get there - they will stay with me for a long time. If you want to build a better world, start here.. I think it's one of the most important books of our time.
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Josep
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro muy inspirador
Reviewed in Spain on November 27, 2021
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Si estás interesado/a en impacto y empresas sociales, es un libro muy reafirmante de la bondad y capacidad del ser humano en hacer cosas buenas. Si no te interesa el tema, te da una visión de cómo los mercados y las empresas pueden ser el motor para cambiar el mundo.

Es un libro lleno de ejemplos y consejos que puedes aplicar a tu vida, tus valores o/y tu empresa.

Por ponerle una pega si cabe, es que estos consejos son abrumadores en cantidad. Envía tantas moralejas que se hace difícil depurar cuáles son los mensajes concretos que envía, más allá del mensaje general aspiracional e inspiracional de el libro.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists
Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2020
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If you wish to change the world and alleviate some unnecessary suffering, Jacqueline Novogratz maintains that you’re going to encounter resistance from a rather predictable cast of characters (e.g., cynical journalists, market fundamentalists, impatient venture capitalists, progressive bullies, narrow-minded nationalists, thieving employees, corrupt businessmen with two sets of books, government bureaucrats looking for bribes, intellectuals who like to complain about everything but do nothing, etc.). Like Niccolò Machiavelli’s Prince (1532) and Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals (1971), Manifesto for a Moral Revolution (2020) teaches you how to deal with the different kinds of difficult people you’re likely to meet with wisdom and grace. Like Susan Neiman’s Moral Clarity (2008), this is a guide for grown-up idealists. It is also, to some extent, sort of like a 21st-century version of Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans. Novogratz ignites the moral imagination of her reader with stories of common people doing uncommon things. Like Plutarch, she reminds us that mere mortals can be great.
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Heather McIvor
5.0 out of 5 stars Want to make a difference in the world and not know where to begin? This book is for you!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2021
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I booked on to Acumen Academy's Moral Leadership course for free in March 2021 ...... as they are wanting to help kick start the economy worldwide ...... and the book is the syllabus ....... great fun ...... met people from different continents with similar goals ...... and learnt SO MUCH. As one of the chapters is titled ..... JUST START ...... there is so much encouragement within the book and advice based on experience ...... and a road map for your journey ...... patient capital and intrepid entrepreneurs can dare to build financially sustainable solutions to poverty where markets and governments have failed the poor ........ it just needs those who view impact rather than profit as their driver. Can thoroughly recommend! It changed my life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant.
Reviewed in Germany on March 28, 2021
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This book was absolutely marvelous. I bought it with a wish to be provoked and challenged on my assumptions. As a libertarian I must say, that the book didn't do that. On the contrary. It brought to me a sense of urgency.

Urgency for love, tolerance and the willingness to hold opposing views.

In my daily life as an entrepreneur, innovator and provocateur I find the practices of this book highly relevant. You can't change anything. Not a community, not an organisation, not a country and definitely not the world, if you don't engage with the voice's unheard. In my work I use sense making (collections of narratives in this case) as a tool for decision making. It's been clear for me for years that an organisational transformations success is formed by the narratives that supports it in (and outside) of the organisation. We need more and stronger change narratives around the world. And in our personal lives. Narratives bound in love, interconnectedness and with an understanding of interdependness.

As Jim Morrison of the doors once wrote/recitated 'No one here gets out alive'. We all know death is our faith. Why don't we embrace the willingness to change earlier in life? Why are we ending a place, where most regret the things they didn't do? The things they didn't stand up for?

I loved the stories of the transgenders part in addressing and opposing the human trafficking in Pakistan. I love that the change and the allies of opposition came from those unheard and unseen. It reminds me of Sherlock Holmes and his sensoring network of thieves and orphans. You may hold little power but in a network you could build strength and be powerfull.

This book should be read by everyone aspiring to be a leader. It should be read by every business developer and change agent out there.

I'm so grateful for the insight of Ms. Jacqueline Novogratz.

I'll end this with a short paragraph from the book:
"Whoever you are and whatever you do, the world needs you to lead. There will be times when happiness may feel elusive and the horizon impossible to reach. But remember that each day, we wake up to another chance to renew the world. Daily, we have a choice to recommit to the work we came to do. Daily, we can reconstitute the promise of hard-edged hope."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lot of episodes impressed me and drove the action for taking action.
Reviewed in Japan on June 8, 2020
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Full of stories for the positive change of the world. There was a good story where I could learn what I can do in each chapter. I think I will read it again and again to remind me of the mindset.
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