Gaurav Mishra

Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Global soul, Idea generator, Marketer, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Gaurav Mishra help organizations and changemakers use design, technology and community to craft better futures. Gaurav is currently working on FutureCrafting, which helps early adopters use technology to make more intentional choices, grow more positive habits, and become their best self. Previously, Gaurav studied at IIM Bangalore, held senior marketing roles at the Tata Group, taught social media at Georgetown University as the 2008-09 Yahoo! Fellow, launched Ushahidi-based crowd-sourced election monitoring platform Vote Report India, co-founded social business consulting firm 2020 Social (acquired by Publicis Groupe), and created global insights and innovation offerings for MSLGROUP/ Publicis Groupe. Gaurav is widely considered to a leading writer, speaker and maker at the intersection of crowd co-creation and social innovation. He has written and edited book chapters, reports, op-eds, a weekly newspaper column, a quarterly magazine, and an award-winning blog. He has spoken at conferences, guest lectured at universities, led workshops for clients, joined award juries, and coached entrepreneurs all over the world. He has helped create a crowdsourcing software, a social analytics software, and a social curation software, apart from several crowdsourcing-driven social platforms for clients. Gaurav has been a 2008-09 Yahoo! Fellow, a 2009 SNCR Fellow, a 2009 TED Fellow, and a 2013-14 THNK participant.

Helping people use technology to make more intentional choices, grow more positive habits, and become their best self.

Whether we live in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, or Shanghai, we want the same things to be happy: live healthy lifestyles, learn new skills, and achieve our potential. Researchers, innovators and early adopters around the world are exploring technologies like quantification, gamification and augmentation for wellness and learning. FutureCrafting helps early adopters use technology to make more intentional choices, grow more positive habits, and become their best self.

community, Crowdsourcing, Design Thinking, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Storytelling, technology

I was a TEDIndia Fellow in 2009. I think I got the fellowship for creating Ushahidi's first crowdsourcing-driven election monitoring platform in India in 2009.

Living out of three bags, as I live and work around the world.