Environment
The Just Transition That Isn’t
Green hydrogen partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa are sidelining the civil society organizations they claim to empower, repeating the sins of colonialism.
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Education
Earning Back the Trust: A Pluralistic Path Forward for Public Education
The next era of public education will be judged less by the elegance of its ideas than by whether it responds, with humility and pragmatism, to the people it exists to serve.
Advocacy
We Need to Close
the Hope Gap
Successful advocacy requires not only increasing support for issues, but inspiring people to believe they can win.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy Is Too Small to Save the World
To meet the moment, we need to build the middle ground between philanthropy and commercial investing.
Environment
Concrete in Community
To decarbonize infrastructure, we need to look beyond technological fixes and learn to build coalitions.
Philanthropy & Funding
Coordinating Community Development
The Making Missing Markets initiative is marshaling funds and support groups to help towns across the United States.
Government
Building an On-Ramp for Evidence
A new partnership model shows how states and funders can unlock smarter public spending together.
Human Rights
Betting on Migration for Impact
Enabling people to move for opportunity should be an urgent priority for funders and social innovators who want to make a difference in global inequality.
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Leadership
CEO Activism and Authenticity
CEOs who take political stances command more credibility with the public when their companies embrace corporate social responsibility.
Scaling
Accompanying Governments to Scale
How philanthropy can walk alongside national governments to scale development solutions that deliver over time
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Philanthropy & Funding
Beyond USAID
With the downfall of traditional government aid, local organizations around the world need infrastructure connecting them to private funding sources while protecting their missions.
Environment
Climate Change and Time
Although climate discourse has expressed increasing urgency over time, it has retained the same temporal outlooks for climate effects and action.
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Scaling
Scale Really Matters
The problems are big, the time is short, and the resources are limited.
Education
Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence
As AI begins to transform education, work, and social life, we need to focus on developing and expanding capacities essential for human flourishing.
Philanthropy & Funding
Does Everything in the Social Sector Need to Scale?
In a world that no longer behaves like a scalable system, success must be something other than growth.
Philanthropy & Funding
Why Don’t Philanthropists Build Anymore?
The United States is living through a second Gilded Age. But unlike yesterday's magnates, today's billionaires prefer to write checks to existing organizations. They should instead build institutions that last.
Philanthropy & Funding
Scale Is a Myth! Embrace the Long Defeat!
Why the ghost of Paul Farmer wants you scaring the horses at Skoll