In the Middle With You
An excerpt from Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source on the failure of peer-to-peer lending.
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Five Ways Business Schools Can Cultivate Better Leaders
How to change the curriculum, pedagogy, and culture of elite US business schools to foster leaders who are better equipped to serve the public good.
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The Most Critical Ingredient in Leadership
What, above all else, drives leaders to direct or redirect their lives, to tackle seemingly intractable problems, and to stay true to their values in the face of enormous challenges?
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The Good Web
It’s not enough to fix existing social media, we must imagine, experiment with, and build social media that can be good for society.
2022 Summer Social Innovation Reading List
Suggested summer reading (and listening) from SSIR’s editors.
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A Technologist Walks Into the US Government
Why representation, resources, and mentorship matter most when growing a diverse community of public interest technologists.
Our Cities Are Going Dark
The rise of the venture capital-backed delivery economy demands a cross-sector pushback.
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AI Ethics Are in Danger. Funding Independent Research Could Help
For technology to truly work in the public interest, we need to invest in building organizations that are free from corporate profit motives and that respect, integrate, and compensate communities with whom they work. We offer a new path forward for AI research.
Pacing Entrepreneurs to Success
Entrepreneurial support organizations called pacers are helping businesses in emerging markets achieve their goals by providing services for them in the long run. A blueprint for shifting to a pacer model shows how organizations can support entrepreneurs as they grow.
Open access to this article made possible by Stanford Seed.
The Business Case for Indigenous Rights
Companies must account for Indigenous peoples’ human and land rights to understand and address business and climate risks.