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Podcast

Diana McLain Smith - How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength

The key to success in any team or enterprise is to develop good working relationships. In this talk, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, consultant Diana McLain Smith, author of Divide and Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength, shows how those who care about performance and relationships can simultaneously nurture both. She offers tips for seeing work relationships in new ways, and practical suggestions for enhancing them.

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Nonprofits

Tongue-Tied at the Top

By Pete Smith 7

While boards sat in silence, executives milked American University and the Smithsonian.

Philanthropy

Philanthropy: Science, Art or…Music?

By Sean Stannard-Stockton 4

The author draws a comparison between music's ability to combine art and science with philanthropy's ability to do the same.

Podcast

Hau Lee - Boosting Profits Through Social Responsibility

Companies can indeed make money while operating in socially responsible and environmentally friendly ways. It just takes what supply chain expert Hau Lee calls the Triple-A approach—having agility, adaptability, and alignment. Closing the Stanford 2008 Responsible Supply Chains Conference, Lee describes how small to mid-sized companies in China, India, and Israel boosted profits while shrinking waste and pollution and providing a fair workplace for employees.

Social Innovations

The Innovation Imperative

By Mario Morino 5

The long-term strength of our nation relies on the level of commitment we have toward innovation.

Podcast

Randy Wang - Education Through Community Participation

If you had to design a system to improve the quality of education in distant underprivileged schools, where would you begin? You might first step away from the problem and ask: What is the simplest "system" that could work in the real world? In this audio interview with host Sheela Sethuraman, Randy Wang describes his motivation to create Digital StudyHall, a collection of mundane technologies that have dramatically improved long distance education. He also talks about his progress and goals.