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Who Is Jonathan J. Halperin?

Jonathan Halperin helps leaders navigate when instability has become the norm. He brings a unique perspective, having built and run FYI Information Resources for a Changing World for seventeen years in Russia and the Former Soviet Union. He has years of experience successfully guiding clients around tectonic shifts: political, business, and cultural.

At ease working with corporations, nonprofits, and foundations, Jonathan has been leading teams for more than three decades -- helping clients mitigate risk, enhance stakeholder engagement, adjust strategy, and communicate in non-traditional ways to ensure successful delivery on mission. 

He has collaborated with organizations as diverse as Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street), Nestlé, the Equitable Food Initiative, Hewlett Packard, The James Beard Foundation, and numerous foundations and philanthropic affinity groups.

His experience includes building the communications team at Resources for the Future, running research at SustainAbility, serving as Executive Producer of Hope in a Changing Climate, and serving as a board member or advisor to organizations such as Ceres, the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, and the NYU Center for Sustainable Business.

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Consequence & Probability
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Artificial or Intelligent?

AI may soon render facts obsolete. Not because they cease to exist, but because, increasingly, they don’t hold the power they once did.

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Get the Question Right

Sending a survey without a clear purpose won’t clarify anything.

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With Appreciation

As we close out 2025, I’d like to thank the following people and organizations for continuing to lead with determination, creativity, and spirit

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That View Has Value

Have you ever wondered about the value of a clear day over the Grand Canyon?

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Loving Karma

What a welcome break from the cascade of bad news!
Honored to have been invited to a screening of “Loving Karma,”

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Trumpian Revenge

As if further evidence was needed of Trump’s vengeful character, his latest target is the 40+ million American citizens who don’t know where they’re going to get their next meal.

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NYU Center for Sustainability Business

In a moment when many institutions are drifting, one is staying the course. That’s because one leader had the insight and determination to build it right, including gathering a team and partners with both talent and diverse experience.

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Climate Emotions

#ClimateWeek is behind us. Now what? Everyone agrees the current climate narrative isn’t working. That has to change. And we’re on it.

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The Future is Coming, Like it or Not

We don’t lack climate science. We lack emotional understanding and narrative clarity. We need to listen to and understand the signals the future is sending us.

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Look Between The Boxes

Can you find yourself on your company’s org chart? Can you even find the org chart at the nonprofit you’ve worked at for years?

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Water & Externalities

AI is thirsty. By 2027, according to the World Economic Forum, AI could account for 1.1 to 1.7 trillion gallons of water withdrawal—a staggering figure that’s more than four to six times Denmark’s annual water withdrawal.

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Leadership & Playfulness

I’ve often rolled my eyes when people talk about listening to their inner child. But during the first evening session at Goals House during #ClimateWeek, I didn't.

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Arguing with a Rock

If you measure business success only on a quarterly basis, you’re working with a calendar that is itself becoming outdated. Sustainability demands a different kind of timekeeping.

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Extraction is a Dead End

Finance and soil have more in common than we think.

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Climate Change Narrative Ain't Working

In New York City for #ClimateWeek and especially glad to be here with Emma Orfield Johnston of Orfield Laboratories, Inc.‍ ‍Unique in the world, Orfield Labs measures unconscious emotions across the sensory spectrum, and they’ve been perfecting the methodology for five decades.

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  • "Jonathan Halperin asks important questions, forces you to think strategically with an outcome orientation, and isn’t afraid to totally re-imagine the way of doing something to achieve desired objectives. Working with Jonathan to plan our annual conference of thought-leaders in food and other impact programs of the James Beard Foundation for several years has been an enlightening and rewarding experience. We feel smarter and more effective for having worked with him."

    Mitchell Davis
    The James Beard Foundation

  • "Halperin is a valuable asset to any ambitious leader looking to maximize the performance of their organization. His capacity to bring business strategy, communications, and social mission into alignment will be delivering returns to Greyston for years to come. Whether designing and facilitating complex stakeholder engagements or presenting new ways of thinking about sustainable supply chains, Halperin consistently brings integrity, professionalism and insight to the task. He combines the unique ability to address the largest strategic opportunities in an organization while simultaneously bringing people together to execute on near-term challenges."

    Mike Brady
    Greyston

  • "I have worked with Jonathan to full satisfaction on a number of small, strategic projects. He is a creative thinker with a deep understanding of the intricacies of sustainable agriculture and with a keen eye for business value."

    Jan Kees Vis
    Unilever

  • "We needed an outside perspective on working with leading corporations and turned to Jonathan to assess our approach, refine our strategy, facilitate internal roll-out and help us execute. He helped us to think big, see new opportunities, reshape our communications and engage internal stakeholders. His counsel and ongoing support has been constructively provocative. Jonathan’s strategic thinking is keen and his facilitation skills are superior; he drills quickly to the underlying issues with a deft combination of determination and diplomacy."

    Anne Lieberman
    World Animal Protection, US

  • "Jonathan reflects the best of social entrepreneurship. He leads with his heart but has connected with the great mass of political power and will in society."

    Joseph McIntyre
    Ag Innovations Network

  • "When I began to unhook from SustainAbility in 2008, after 20+ years, to co-found Volans, Jonathan was working with the US end of SustainAbility — and sent the London end of the Volans team a large cardboard box of multi-colored felt rocks, which initially I couldn't make head nor tail of. I thought he was mad, or overly American. But I have to say that, over time, those felt rocks have become a central feature of the Volans culture, thrown by team members at other team members (or guests) on the slightest provocation. That aside, he's a consummate professional, creative collaborator, skilled communicator, and keen intellect—and I am delighted both to have had Jonathan as a colleague and to now count him as a friend."

    John Elkington
    Volans, SustainAbility

  • "Jonathan makes connections that other people miss. Beyond an understanding of any single environmental issue or energy challenge, he knows how to use knowledge to drive change, how to bring the right players to the table, and how to reframe seemingly intractable problems to create space for new approaches. He’s a strategic thinker with a very clear sense of how things work."

    Ray Kopp
    Resources for the Future

  • "Jonathan Halperin has been a close colleague for more than two decades. Throughout this time, I've been impressed by his ability to navigate a range of challenging global business environments with great insight and savvy. Jonathan is the rarest of all businesspeople: a visionary thinker who knows how to put innovative ideas into practice to get results."

    Cynthia Scharf
    Global Climate and Sustainability Specialist

  • "Jonathan is adept at inspiring team members to work at their full potential and achieve great outcomes together. His insight, thoughtful guidance and ability to see the big picture while managing the details produces results any organization would be proud to showcase."

    Sarah P. Fuller
    Fuller Ink

  • "Combining insightful analytics with pragmatic approaches and personal passion, Jonathan is a great partner to help any organization (large or small, business or non-profit) capitalize on its opportunities and mitigate its threats."

    Perry Yeatman
    Kraft Foods, Kraft Foods Foundation