Futurist. Author of The Frugal Economy (Wiley+Thinkers50, 2024). Keynote Speaker. Award-winning scholar on Jugaad, Frugal Innovation and Wise Leadership. Ranked Global Top 50 Management Thinker. TED Speaker (+2M views)
America's "left-behind" places are becoming the "leap-forward" climate innovation hubs ! I am heartened to learn that 40% of announced US private investments in building a clean economy will flow into the historically disadvantaged communities in America. This is the strongest evidence that Biden Administration's promise to uplift left-behind communities by leveraging federal funding like Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - which offers incentives to private sector to invest in a green economy - is creating a positive social impact at the *grassroots* (county) level. And yet... With just 3 days left before the US presidential election, I am astonished at how poorly first the Biden Administration and then the Harris campaign has *communicated* the once-in-a-century SOCIAL impact created by federal investments like IRA. Biden + Harris team did communicate the fact these federal investments in clean energy + climate tech are creating JOBS across America. But they didn't mention how some counties and regions are leveraging federal funds + private investments to undertake a SYSTEMIC TRANSITION and not just an energy transition. Read my Stanford Social Innovation Review article that explains how left-behind communities can undertake a #systemic #transition that yields multiple benefits: https://lnkd.in/eNjHwyyV Check out ReImagine Appalachia, a nonprofit that has catalyzed a systemic transition in the Appalachia by wisely leveraging federal investments like IRA: https://lnkd.in/emWTaZRg .
