Bill Drayton Professions : Social Entrepreneur Born : 1943 Browse All Authors Top 48 quotes by Bill Drayton Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry. Bill Drayton fishing teacher giving Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing the problem or opportunity and persistent in thinking about it until you have come up with some interesting ideas that might change the pattern. It's really a mindset, not anything in the objective world - that is the problem. Bill Drayton opportunity ideas thinking An entrepreneur is someone who brings a pattern change. Bill Drayton patterns entrepreneur The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck. Bill Drayton entrepreneur jobs way There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur Bill Drayton powerful hands ideas The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it. Bill Drayton percentages determine makers What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems ... Once you see a problem and you keep looking at it you'll find an answer. Bill Drayton entrepreneur business people What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy? Bill Drayton entrepreneur crazy jobs Listening is understanding. The skill of empathy is a must to be able to listen...One can listen better if one sees the whole. Bill Drayton empathy understanding skills It's not to give people fish It's not to teach them how to fish It's to build a new and better fishing industry Bill Drayton fishing leadership people The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who cannot see problems around him or herself is utterly blind. All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution. Bill Drayton flying skills creative What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It starts with the person and the idea, and then grows to the institution. All three are intertwined. Bill Drayton powerful hands ideas We need to teach empathy as we do literacy. Bill Drayton literacy empathy needs Everyone says youve got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense! Bill Drayton nonsense finance foundation Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker. Bill Drayton imagine makers world Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision. Bill Drayton entrepreneur vision way Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of leading social entrepreneurs and their top business entrepreneur allies. Bill Drayton allies entrepreneur community In an increasingly connected world it is less likely that a few people 'manage' everyone else. The new environment requires a shift in the organization of both institutions and societies, one of flexible teams of teams that come together around whatever change opportunities exist and then reform around the next. Bill Drayton team organization opportunity The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends. Bill Drayton entrepreneur government social Thomas Jefferson explained, Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated. .. If Congress can determine what constitutes the general welfare and can appropriate money for its advancement, where is the limitation to carrying into execution whatever can be effected by money?. Bill Drayton advancement execution welfare
