Trust and Scale in Global Social Enterprise Law
Social enterprise law around the world faces a difficult trade-off between cultivating public trust and promoting scale. The sector will benefit by getting clearer on the available options.
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Cross-Sector Initiatives Should Start Small
Startup collaboratives often encounter challenges when converting their motivation to do good into action. We have created a minimum viable benefit process for agenda-setting that can help them start up and stay on track. | Open access to this article is made possible by the Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota.
The Citizen-Led Fight Against Hidden Epidemics
The scientific and medical communities were divided on the treatment for Lyme disease for decades. Neglected and suffering, Lyme patients learned how to advocate for themselves. Their cause led to the creation of the national vector-borne disease strategy, with lessons about how to address complex chronic conditions more broadly.
Design Thinking Misses the Mark
Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own methodology.
The Lobbying for Good Movement
Too many nonprofits and foundations reject lobbying as dubious. But a new movement is reclaiming this practice as essential for promoting social change.
How Business Can Fight Populism
Populism is re-emergent worldwide, posing direct threats not just to democratic governance but also to socially responsible businesses. Despite the populist challenge, businesses still have an opportunity to do good and support liberal democratic forces.
Digital Sustainability for a Better Future
Digital technologies, when used in the right way, can benefit organizational performance, improve people’s lives, and protect the planet.
Reimagining Our High-Tech World
Although digital technology and society are increasingly and inextricably linked, digital technology must develop in service of society. We must first define the type of society we want and then determine how best to use technology’s potential to realize it. | Open access to this article is made possible by the Omidyar Network.
Cultures of Healing
Low trust and dissatisfaction plague the health-care industry. To improve the patient experience and boost health-equity outcomes, health-care organizations and providers should adopt a more holistic approach to health-care delivery.
How Real Estate Development Can Boost Urban Health
By employing health situation analysis, developers can create real estate projects that generate new value by rooting community well-being in place. | Open access to this article is made possible by Biositu, LLC and Goulston Storrs.