Prosocial is four things: an integrated theory of change, a practical process, a research agenda and a growing community of practitioners. In this article, we will mostly focus on the former two of these, Prosocial’s perspective upon cultural evolution and the practical tools it uses to help accelerate cultural evolution…

Why is talking about power important? Our aim in Prosocial is to create groups and groups of groups that work for everyone. We want our social experience to meet ever more needs of ever more people. To do that, we need to talk about power and its use in society…

I want to get to writing a more detailed piece about conflict and psychological flexibility. But in the meantime, this was a workshop I just did for the “Coming Down to Earth” series on conflict in July 2020. The first bit is just an introduction to Prosocial but if you go to minute 40′ onwards you will see me introducing a version of the matrix I like to use to prepare for conflict situations. Most of the examples I use are from my work in schools with teachers. I was using Mentimeter in this presentation and the audience make interesting contributions regarding their own experiences of conflict.

This post is based upon the following report: Hodgson, M. (2017). Humanity at work — Mondragon, a social innovation ecosystem case study. https://www.youngfoundation.org/publications/humanity-work-mondragon-social-innovation-ecosystem-case-study/, The Young Foundation. Mondragon is a worker-owned cooperative ecosystem in the Basque region of Spain. It is also a living, thriving example of a large network of…

We often say that the point of Prosocial is to balance and integrate self and collective needs. But people often hear that as saying that we should think more about the good of the group and less about themselves. …

I am going to tell you a story that still, to this day, causes me shame. A few years ago, I employed a company to help me move house. The deal was that I would pay by the hour, as it was hard for the company to estimate how long…

Almost daily we hear of some new environmental disaster. Humanity is fundamentally altering every aspect of our biosphere from the quality of the air on the highest mountain to shards of microplastic in the deepest sea valley. I want to explore the idea that you, me and the rest of…

The ACT Matrix is a tool for helping individuals and groups act effectively in the direction of their goals and values by helping them become more aware of what really matters, and more able to handle difficult emotions and thoughts. If you don't know what the ACT Matrix is, start…