Scaling
We’re Beating Systems Change to Death
Systems change is more a destination than a journey. "Scalable solutions" might be a better way to make the trip.
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Environment
The Complicity of Corporate Sustainability
Long hailed as a major piece of the climate solution, sustainable business practices have not only fallen short: They even enable the continued dominance of fossil fuel.
Health
The Power of Proximity: Co-Locating Childcare and Eldercare Programs
Intergenerational shared sites that bring childcare and eldercare under the same roof help both generations thrive, and we need to build more of them.
Technology
When Good Algorithms Go Sexist: Why and How to Advance AI Gender Equity
Seven actions social change leaders and machine learning developers can take to build gender-smart artificial intelligence for a more just world.
Collaboration
Lessons on Effective Collaboration From the California Health Workforce Project
The experience of the California Future Health Workforce Commission to improve the state's supply of health professionals revealed the importance of upfront planning, clear partnering agreements, and graceful ways to pause when things don’t go as planned with highly collaborative efforts to solve complex social problems.
Technology
Solving the Loneliness Epidemic, Two Generations at a Time
Four ways technology can help organizations working to fight loneliness, while transforming eldercare and the lives of older and younger adults.
Philanthropy & Funding
How COVID-19 Is Shifting the North-South Philanthropic Power Dynamic
Amid a global pandemic, philanthropic organizations in emerging markets are finding their voice and challenging historical constructs.
Education
There’s No Formula for Taking Sensitive Trainings Remote
While the pandemic has clarified some best practices for online trainings, centering participants requires a creative approach, a deep understanding of participants’ needs, and thoughtful work to be responsive and flexible.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Creating Your Philanthropist Strategy
An excerpt from Delusional Altruism explains how philanthropists are often fooled by their own efforts.
Health
Tackling the Housing Crisis and Bridging Generational Divides Through Home-Sharing
Intergenerational home-sharing provides younger adults with affordable housing and older adults with needed income and a way to age in place.