Episode 05: Belonging, Justice, and Outcomes-Based Change
NOVEMBER 30
In this episode of Duke’s Life of Significance series, hosts Sanyin Siang and Greg Jones interview Dr. Kim Tan, a social impact investor and entrepreneur who works toward sustainable solutions to poverty around the world. The partner of several social impact funds, Kim is also the co-founder of the Transformational Business Network, a network designed to connect philanthropy-minded businesspeople. In this interview, Sanyin, Greg, and Kim discuss what it means to belong, creative business models that work toward multifocal social change, and different philanthropic philosophies.
Key Takeaways
1. When working toward social justice, outcomes are important. A sense of belonging can be one of the most important outcomes.
2. Seeing possibilities—in yourself and in others—and acting toward those possibilities creates a life of significance.
3. Humility the best posture out of which to serve and be generous.
““Generosity is insufficient… The real goal of giving should be justice. I think generosity as donors usually just makes the donor feel good, whereas justice implicates the donor. And justice means that we have to make larger changes, and those changes have to be more sacrificial.””