Stone Soup Leadership Institute

The Hundredth Monkey
This is the story of how one young female monkey on an island in Japan tried something new and solved a big problem. When “each one teaches one,” we can create an ideological breakthrough for the entire species – a “critical mass” – working towards the same goal. This simple story shows us how we can increase our collective wisdom and get one person closer to changing the world. It also reminds us what can happen when adults learn from children.