Business
Freedom of Choice
A lens for understanding business leaders' ability to act in alignment with their values.
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Philanthropy & Funding
The Gyms on the Corners
Recognition, distortion, and the organizing infrastructure behind Minnesota's response to Operation Metro Surge.
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Civic Engagement
Resilience Is Built Before the Crisis
How immigrant-led networks create community defense
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Environment
After the Big Climate Summits
In his new book, Paul Almeida outlines three potential paths forward for the climate movement, though of course the three are not created equal.
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.
Collaboration
When the Safety Net Fails
How an innovative public-private partnership responded rapidly to keep 82,000 families fed during a government shutdown.
Food
Climate Help From Overseas
The agricultural city of Fundão, Portugal, is integrating foreign migrants to help with fire mitigation, climate resiliency, and rural revitalization.
Collaboration
The Future of Innovation Is Collective
The world is undergoing simultaneous economic, technological, geopolitical, environmental, and social changes that organizations cannot address alone. Only a collective approach to social innovation can solve for challenges that are too large for individual organizations.
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When Minnesota’s Civic Gyms Stayed Open
This article series, produced in partnership with and sponsored by the McKnight Foundation, brings together foundation leaders, community partners, and a mutual aid organizer to reflect on what happened during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.
Environment
Catalyzing Climate Action Through Universities
Ruta Azul, the sustainability and climate action plan of the Mexican university Tecnológico de Monterrey, has integrated sustainability into the school’s culture and educational model to build a community capable of addressing the climate crisis through coordinated action.
Technology
When Landlords Make Exceptions
Even when landlords use algorithms for tenant screenings, exceptions to the rules are part of the process.
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Building Schools Worth Defending
A response to nine essays on renewing the purpose of public education
Government
Why Bureaucrats Defend Democracy
Civil servants are more likely to resist authoritarianism when they are supported by peers, ombuds offices, and professional associations.
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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
Scale Is a Myth! Embrace the Long Defeat!
Why the ghost of Paul Farmer wants you scaring the horses at Skoll
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.
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The Gyms on the Corners
Recognition, distortion, and the organizing infrastructure behind Minnesota's response to Operation Metro Surge.