MJ Kaplan, Brown University
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R0220 Ross School of Business
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MJ is an organization and community transformation consultant, social entrepreneur, academic, mentor, writer and activist. Her work weaves across sectors and industries to enable groups and networks to align purpose and operationalize impact. MJ’s consulting, research and writing are largely focused on the transformation of work/workplace to be deeply human-centered, participatory, creative and effective.
Partner, The Ready, a firm that partners with organizations pursuing transformation to be adaptive and fit for purpose in the 21st century.
Co-creator and Board member: Loomio, a global social enterprise that enables digital collaborative decision making.
Founder: Kaplan Consulting in 2000, a networked consulting group that works globally with groups to gain clarity about shared purpose and to design innovative and adaptive approaches to work
Associate: The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Former, Adjunct Instructor at Brown University
Associate: Centre for Social Impact, New Zealand: Contribute to strategy and network development
Board Member, Commerce RI, Social Enterprise Greenhouse
In 2013 MJ was Ian Axford Fulbright Fellow in New Zealand and she speaks and writes frequently about social enterprise and impact in New Zealand. She was a keynote on the Future of Business at the Social Enterprise World Forum September 2017. MJ was awarded the Cordes Innovation Fellowship by Asoka U and honored as The Outstanding Mentor for RI Business Women Awards. MJ earned her M.Ed. from Harvard University and B.A. Brown University.