Scott London Businessman,

1. SCOTT LONDON ABOUT THE CHANGE OF THE WORLD
Twenty years ago, Scott London began, as a journalist, to cover social
entrepreneurship. When he started, few people knew about the topic. However,
nowadays, social entrepreneurship is a popular term covering op-ed pieces and
various stories. This term became recently a major note in different speeches at
global meetings. You can find this term in the programs of the best universities and
colleges. Social entrepreneurship is now quoted and discussed in a growing
number of inspiring and impressive literatures.
The growth of social entrepreneurship mirrors an increasing intellect today that
numerous of the most hopeful solutions to worldwide problems do not rely
necessarily on foundation grants, government aid, or charity. Scott London
revealed that these solutions come from individuals at the common level eager to
bring entrepreneurial discerning to bear on certain of our hardest social issues.
Social entrepreneurs use principles of market to the industry of social change. An
illustration of this case is Anita Ahuja who tackled problems in India such as
unemployment, sanitation, and waste by initiating a project that makes high-end
accessories such purses, wallets, and others out of plastic waste.
However, Scott London revealed that Bill Drayton is the one who did more to
place social entrepreneurship on the chart. Bill Drayton is largely recognized with
having created the term in the beginning of 1980s.
Bill Drayton is the founder and CEO of Ashoka that is a worldwide association of
social reformers. Since 1981, the association has nominated around 3,000 top
social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, offering them access to an exceptional
worldwide network of peers, professional support, and living stipends.
Scott London met Dill Drayton in Oslo, Norway and they talked about the
association he initiated and its evolution. Scott pointed that since 35 years Drayton
began using the term ‘social entrepreneurship’, everybody wants now to become a
social entrepreneurship. It appeared like the notion went viral suddenly. Drayton
revealed that when he began, there was no term for this area. The only way to
know that the field was evolving was to put a word on it. However, today, the word

2. is used worldwide. Nearly all students of second year at Harvard Business School
are currently taking courses on social entrepreneurship.
Bill Drayton explained to Scott London that the field is catching since the rate of
change is increasing exponentially. In fact, a change made by a single individual
affects the following group of persons, and so on. Therefore, change produces
change. However, Drayton pointed that our world has been planned around
repetition that is the contrary of change. Global institutions are formed in the name
of repetition and efficiency. He noted that the increasing rate of change is now
breaking that organization.
During the interview, Scott noted that various organizations are seizing quickly on
words such as ‘entrepreneurial’ and ‘innovative’ for describing efforts made on the
field. He asked if the use of these words in such circumstances is bothering
Drayton. Bill said that such use was inevitable since it is impossible to prevent
individuals from aspiring.