John Kania

Executive Director

Collective Change Lab

Over the last 30 years, John has been a practitioner, researcher, writer, teacher, and speaker on how organizations, communities, and collectives can achieve change together. John is currently the Executive Director of the Collective Change Lab, focused on advancing the practice of transformational social change. For 17 years, he ran FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm and think tank working globally across issues and sectors to support social and environmental changemakers. Previous to FSG, John was a Partner at Mercer Management Consulting supporting companies in profitable growth strategies. He began his professional career in advertising at Leo Burnett Company. John holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA from Dartmouth College.