Explore Big Bets Mindsets
A Big Bets mindset unlocks the dedication required to avoid the aspiration trap. By aiming to fundamentally solve problems rather than improve on the margins, big bets inspire people to find novel solutions, develop unlikely partners, and ruthlessly measure progress.
Bet Big
Don't settle for increments
Novel Solutions
Find a new way of doing or thinking
Unlikely Partners
Develop broad alliances
Measuring Progress
Follow through with outcomes
Bet Big
The power of the big bet mindset is a belief that seeking to solve problems boldly, rather than settle for incremental improvements, will attract partners with the capacity to achieve transformational change.
Novel Solutions
Big bets require finding a new way of thinking or doing things -- often inspired by a technological advance or a novel method for harnessing the know-how, fortunes, and energies of others.
Unlikely Partners
Big bets require developing broad alliances, often among unlikely partners like government and business, that can summon sufficient resources and diverse capabilities to break through the constraints that so often limit social progress.
Measuring Progress
Big bets require following through on measurable outcomes for as long as it takes for people and communities to benefit.
