As we navigate the realities of a global pandemic, economic crisis, and racial justice reckoning, we face a deeper challenge that’s harder to see, and yet lies at the heart of all others—a crisis of connection.

Despite our desire for connection and belonging, more and more Americans are living in isolation, loneliness, anxiety, and fear. And our economic, political, and social systems keep pushing us further apart—eroding our faith in our institutions and each other.

Over the past decade, our work at Einhorn Collaborative has helped us realize how vital nurturing, trusting relationships are not only to weathering this storm, but also to reweaving our social fabric, together.

Einhorn Collaborative  commissioned “A Call to Connection” in an effort to help leaders in multiple sectors better understand how vital human connection is to effectively addressing the challenges of our time.

“A Call to Connection” is intended to spark conversation and inspire action in the many different settings and roles we inhabit. It does not put forward a prescriptive blueprint, but rather a set of accessible and adaptable ideas on the why and how of human connection. As a primer, it’s a powerful tool for beginning our work together and igniting a shared understanding and collective consciousness that opens us up to the possibilities before us. From there, it will be on us to imagine and co-create the steps we’ll need to take to truly build the culture of connection that we are all yearning for.

ECFC Member Contribution: Einhorn Collaborative

Author/Publisher: To investigate a topic that is already rich with research, Einhorn Collaborative invited Sacred Design Lab, with support from Greater Good Science Center, to capture why and how human connection is a necessary and often missing ingredient in many of our efforts to ignite positive social change.