Avoid the speed trap! Discover how changemakers can find lasting solutions to urgent social problems through a proven 5-step process for listening thoughtfully, building broad support, and exploring unconventional options.Society celebrates leaders who promise fast, easy solutions to the world's problems - but quick fixes are just mirages that fade, leaving us with the same broken systems. The truth is, effective social change happens through slow, intentional actions. The author, a globally acclaimed social entrepreneur, offers a 5-step process for taking the slow lane to change - the lane that gets you to the right place Using dozens of examples - prison reform in England, urban development in Venezuela, healthcare in the Navajo Nation, early childhood education in New York, and many more - The Slow Lane shows how, by following the principles taught in this book, readers can create lasting change.