Daniela Papi-Thornton is an educator, facilitator, and author whose work focuses on systems- led leadership: an approach to social innovation that centers on systems understanding. Daniela is currently a lecturer at University of Colorado Boulder and a consultant with a range of education organizations, foundations, and for-profit companies looking to contribute to systems change. She previously served as a Lecturer at Yale School of Management, Watson
Institute, and Oxford’s Saïd Business School where she was also the Deputy Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. She is on the teaching team for an ongoing certificate course for professionals through Chicago Booth’s Hong Kong Campus, the Systems Sandbox at Mount Royal University, and a social entrepreneurship certificate course at Dartmouth College. She designed an educational tool called the Impact Gaps Canvas used at accelerator programs and social impact education initiatives around the world and launched Map the System, a contest now running at 50+ global institutions. Daniela’s work builds upon six years of emerging market entrepreneurial experience in Cambodia, running a hybrid social enterprise educational organization. She co-authored a book, "Learning Service" and an influential report called "Tackling Heropreneurship."