Organizations, like humans, have specific developmental phases and steps they must go through. Just as a child must learn to crawl and then walk, say a word or two and eventually a sentence, so, too, must an organization eventually be able to stand on its own and carry its weight in the world. And so NetworkM has taken its next vital developmental step; for starters, NetworkM is changing its name to WeStrive.org. 

WeStrive recently reached out to members, friends and organizations with a single question:  "Why do you do what you do?"  Here, Mikael Hakkarainen/Kaspar, Santosh Dhital Chhetri and Valentin Vollmer share their answers. 

In the continuation, Robert Karp, Elizabeth Wirsching and John Beck share their insights. 

In a recent commencement speech at Portland State University, Paul Hawken proclaimed to the graduating students: “This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air, don't let the earth get overcrowded, and don't touch the thermostat, have been broken.” His words struck a cord with the audience, drawing attention to the fact that our world, the planet we live on, is hiring invigorated, enthusiastic people who are inherently brilliant.