Silence can be violence.

At 15, I felt that. Today, I see it.

The social impact sector is largely silent, forced to compete for funds, not airtime.

This is the silence. There's a way to break it. open.substack.com/pub/bijanfar...

Instead of trying to appeal to the masses, picture one person. The gatekeeper of the place you dream of being.

Zoom in on that person.

Make them the hero of everything you post about going forward.

This is how you build your visibility the right way.

open.substack.com/pub/bijanfar...

For years, I latched on to my employer's purpose.
At first, that’s formative: you borrow the company's vision and its cause. Their “why” becomes yours.
But borrowed purpose has limits. Read how to land on your own purpose and regain agency over your life.
bijanfarnoudi.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...

We all had a good laugh a few weeks ago at the UN report that found "no one reads UN reports."

But for those of us in social impact comms, it was a moment of knowing exhaustion.

There is a better way.

Here’s the full article: comsnetwork.substack.com/p/from-unrea...

The UN published a report to conclude that no one reads UN reports.

This isn’t a punchline. It's the perfect symptom of a legitimacy crisis I call "The Implosion of Good Intentions - How the People Saving the World Lost the Public."

Read why it's happening: comsnetwork.substack.com/p/the-implos...

Sweeping a floor—or helping land on the moon? Mission clarity makes or breaks social impact. Fewer unread PDFs; make comms mission control. My take: open.substack.com/pub/comsnetw... #leadership #purpose #geneva #socialimpact