Substacks recommended by Chip hauss

Recommended by Chip hauss

Executive Director of NC Campus Engagement

Book of the Day from The Next Big Idea Club

Stay ahead of the curve. Listen to or read a new nonfiction book every day, distilled into 5 key insights in 10 minutes by the authors themselves. Curated by the editors of the Next Big Idea Club.

Paula’s Substack/AllConnectedNow

By Paula @ Substack/AllConnectedNow

Exploring constructive alternatives to the status quo; embracing democracy, truthfulness, compassion & Restorative environmentalism.

I’ve known Paula since we students in the Stone Age. I’ve never known her to have a bad idea.

- Chip hauss

Ben Klutsey

Executive Director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

I just me Ben Klutsey, who is the Executive Director of the Mercatus Center. I like him and his work a lot. In part because I don’t always/often agree with him but always learn from him.

- Chip hauss

The Science of Better

By Charles Duhigg

A newsletter about what science tells us about becoming better from Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and the forthcoming, Supercommunicators

Take No Sh*t, Give No F&cks

By Dr. Astrid J. Scholz

The professional is always personal. Musings on my life in leadership--hacking legacy institutions, principled design, accelerating social change, and other pursuits.

Mara Zepeda

Substack zine experiment of Mara Zepeda, social practice artist &calligrapher and, rather surprisingly, also a serial social entrepreneur working at the intersection of community building, economic development, and systems change.

The Radical Moderate's Guide to Life

By Lauren Hall

Moderation, Radically Done

I met Lauren Hall at the Mercatus Center’s Pluralism Summit. She is amazing. And a dot connecter. Very different from me. So, I’m learning a lot from her.

- Chip hauss

CoyneoftheRealm on Substack

By J Coyne aka CoyneoftheRealm

Before we were rudely interrupted

This site is run by someone I hadn't seen since high school more than fifty years ago. Jim takes on issues involve mental health and related subjects. Rediscovering him after all those years was cool for me. Discovering his work now would be cool for anyone, even if you don't have a history that goes back to the days before the Beatles.

- Chip hauss

Beyond Intractability

By Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess

Free updates about BI’s exploration of strategies for more constructively handling all types of intractable conflict, including the hyper-polarized, political conflicts that are tearing society apart. Click "No Thanks" to read without subscribing.

I have worked with Heidi and Guy Burgess since they began the Beyond Intractability project at the turn of the century. Everything they do moves the peacebuilding needle forward.

- Chip hauss

The Library of Economic Possibility

By LEP

Economics

Adjacent Possible

By Steven Johnson

A newsletter from author Steven Johnson exploring where good ideas come from—and how to keep them from turning against us.

Steven Johnson is my favorite science (and much more) author. He was recommended to me by my best friend from nursery school in the 1950s who has built his own career looking for adjacent possibles. I now do, too.

- Chip hauss

Superpowers for Good

By Devin Thorpe

Leadership Lessons From—And For—the World's Great Changemakers

Devin Thorpe was my first Substack subscriber. So, I checked him out back. He does amazing work in identifying individuals who use their superwpowers to provoke and promote and prolong game changing initiatives for social good.

- Chip hauss

The Dot Connecters

Recommended by Chip hauss