John Kania

Biography

John is the Executive Director of the Collective Change Lab, a non profit focused on advancing transformational systems change. Previously, John was Global Managing Director at FSG, a non profit consulting firm and think tank that John co-led for 17 years. He is co-author of numerous Stanford Social Innovation Review articles including, "Collective Impact,” "The Dawn of System Leadership," “The Relational Work of Systems Change,” “Healing Systems" and "Preventing System Snap Back". He also co-authored the book Do More than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World. John speaks frequently around the world on advancing social change. Prior to joining FSG, John was a partner at the consulting firms Mercer Management Consulting and Corporate Decisions, Inc. He began his professional career at Leo Burnett Company, a global advertising agency.
John is a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College and a 1989 graduate of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.