Ivy McGregor calls for ‘radical collaboration’ at UC Regents’ Lecture

Global strategist and changemaker Ivy McGregor, who delivered her UC Regents' Lecture on Oct. 8 at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute, said "radical collaboration" - a way of working together across diverse relationships and networks - will be necessary to address today's most pressing social challenges.

In her talk, "Four-squared: Unlocking Systemic Change Through Radical Collaboration," McGregor drew on her years of experience helping drive systemic impact by creating a framework to connect initiatives in the nonprofit, corporate, philanthropic and entrepreneurial sectors.

"I've seen each of these pillars move mountains," she said. "But I've also seen their brilliance trapped in silos, and I came to believe something radical - and it is that the future will not be built by one sector alone. It will be built at the intersections."

McGregor's lecture marked the start of her visiting residency at UCLA, during which she will engage in meetings and conversations with faculty and students to help foster cross-disciplinary collaboration.

For more than 12 years, she served as executive director of BeyGOOD Foundation, the public charity founded by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter to assist organizations that support marginalized and underserved communities. McGregor has also designed and led programs that address health disparities and anti-human trafficking efforts and has advised world leaders, corporations and the United Nations.

Read more about McGregor's lecture at UCLA's social sciences.