From Ideas to Impact: A Playbook for Influencing and Implementing Change in a Divided World

Accelerate your real-world, social impact by driving systemic policy changes

As Co-Founder of Global Citizen--an international education and advocacy organization with the mission to end extreme poverty worldwide--Michael Sheldrick has worked with governments, businesses, foundations, the artist community, and everyday citizens to distribute over $40 billion around the world over the past decade. Now, in From Ideas to Impact: A Playbook for Influencing and Implementing Change in a Divided World, he delivers an inspiring and insightful discussion on how to implement social impact by driving policy change.

An indispensable guide for individual changemakers, philanthropists, CSR and ESG professionals, policymakers, corporate foundations, and higher education students, this book features an overview of pressing challenges to avoid, an eight-step playbook for mastering policy entrepreneurship, and diverse examples spanning historical movements like the Transatlantic Slave Trade and FDR's New Deal to contemporary battles for climate justice, energy transition and gender equality.

At its core, this uplifting book equips readers with the tools to craft their own impactful narratives that can inspire countless more success stories, reinforcing the idea that we are not prisoners of fate and that actual change begins with us.

“From Ideas to Impact gives us reason for hope. It proves change can happen when we begin dialogues with those whose actions we may not like! It demonstrates how others have made a difference and how you can make a difference too.”
— Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

“At a time when the world feels like it is spinning out of control, Mick Sheldrick’s message combines optimism, inspiration, and practical ideas for how people everywhere can change things for the better. Read this book if you want to feel more empowered to take action and more aware of the common humanity and destiny that we all share. Nothing less than the future of the planet is at stake.”
— Ben Rhodes, author of After the Fall and former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama

“Good ideas do not belong only to the powerful and privileged; anyone can have an idea that could change the world for the better. Mick Sheldrick has shown in his own life, and in this book, how ideas can be unlocked and unleashed for good.”
— Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization

“It’s never been more important for us to contribute to the collective public good. This book helps set the agenda for those who want to advocate and change the world for the better.”
— The Honorable Dr. Kevin Rudd AC, 26th Prime Minister of Australia