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A conversation with authors Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor about how solidarity relates to identity, how leaders can build cohesion across differences, and what lessons the political left could learn from the right.
In the face of immense social challenges, impact investing needs to be more than traditional investing with an impact report.
An excerpt from Making Work Matter on developing impactful leadership
We need big bet philanthropy. We also need it to change. “We need more money, more decision-makers, more recipients, and more non-linear launchpad transitions.”
The movement to mobilize big bets in philanthropy is growing. Let’s not dissuade potential donors by framing it as “a new way to fail.”
To be successful, impact investors need more realistic expectations and to be part of a larger and community-based pool of capital, including philanthropic investments that lays the groundwork for impact.
By creating a network of grassroots movements and calling out connections across issues, the social sector can drive demand for solutions and spur policy makers to act.
Learning to span the borderlands separating distinctive social systems is a prerequisite for any significant change effort.
To fulfill this nation’s promise as a multiracial democracy requires more than tinkering around the edges. Renewal requires bottom-up transformation.
OpenAI’s governance saga might give leaders pause about alternative ways of organizing, but research shows hybrid governance models can be successful—with effective boards to lead them.
An excerpt from The Digital Double Bind on the digital revolution in the Global South
In a fragmented impact ecosystem, ed-tech needs collaboration to prioritize education over technology.
Leaders of several intermediary organizations share how they envision their role within—and how they ultimately hope to upend—the philanthropic landscape.
How recognizing trauma in ourselves, other people, and the systems around us can open up new pathways to solving social problems.
Because trust-based philanthropy shouldn’t mean blind faith.
Like so many organizations, our environmental nonprofit was rocked by internal conflict. What happened and what did we learn?
The pursuit of better outcomes for underserved communities, rather than the novelty of emerging technologies, should drive innovation in health care.
Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own methodology.
