Fast Frames – Mindsets and Movements: Individualism

Individualism dominates U.S. culture. It’s at the core of the story we’ve been told about our country for centuries and is embedded in the messages we’re fed on a daily basis. It’s in the headlines we read, the content we consume on social media, the advertisements that flood our communities—it’s the tune that’s playing in surround-sound.

It’s not that individualism is categorically wrong—but what is that story leaving out? What can’t be seen when we hear and tell tales of a brave hero who overcame all odds? How can we refocus the conversation on the odds instead of the overcoming?

In this episode of Fast Frames: Mindsets and Movements, you’ll find three strategies that storytellers, nonprofit organizations, advocates, movements, and coalitions can use to bring more productive, more expansive ways of thinking to the forefront—leading to better, more systemic solutions.