{"id":1555,"date":"2023-12-15T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=1555"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:56:53","slug":"leadership-is-cause-everything-else-is-effect","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/leadership-is-cause-everything-else-is-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Is Cause; Everything Else Is Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Executive Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lola-a-3bb7328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lola Adedokun<\/a>, is included as an author in the upcoming &#8220;<em>Next Generation Evidence<\/em>&#8221; book!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her chapter, <em>Leadership Is Cause; Everything Else Is Effect<\/em>, Lola underscores the crucial need to invest in leaders of color, recognizing them as resilient forces in navigating today&#8217;s intricate social challenges. Despite their brilliance, they face barriers in gaining the deserved visibility, funding, and access to global platforms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by Project Evident and published by Brookings Institution Press, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next Generation Evidence <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features innovative thinking from leaders across policy, philanthropy, research, community, and practice, who together lay out a vision for a stronger, more equitable data and evidence ecosystem. Throughout the book, real-world case studies demonstrate how continuous evidence-building can enhance organizations and outcomes for communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about Lola&#8217;s insights here:<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","publication_category":[51],"publication_theme":[57,61,71],"class_list":["post-1555","stories","type-stories","status-publish","hentry","publication_category-publications","publication_theme-health","publication_theme-innovation","publication_theme-leadership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/1555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}