How to Make Society’s Risk Capital Riskier
Philanthropy must hire outside the box, write the first check, and take unsolicited applications.
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Integrating Individual and Organizational Well-Being
By supporting individual and team resilience, and by making small shifts to organizational life that enhance well-being, organizations can improve their effectiveness and contribute to a healthier overall culture for social change. Part of the Centered Self series.
How to Ensure Medical Devices Help Communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Governments, foundations, and social enterprises that want to ramp up the production and distribution of medical equipment in response to COVID-19 and other ongoing threats need to assess the process holistically or risk overpromising and underdelivering on important aid. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
Frugal Innovation for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Crises
Organizations that reuse, repurpose, recombine, and rapidly innovate under resource and time pressures can help build a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Addressing the Critiques of Well-Being
Social change leaders can better advocate and find funding for well-being initiatives by creating a more authentic and deeper understanding of what it looks like and the difference it can make. Part of the Centered Self series.
Fighting COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on Black Communities With More Precise Data
By weaving together an unusual array of data into a simple measure of a community's vulnerability to COVID-19, health care practitioners can develop tailored interventions to help Black Americans, who disproportionately bear the burden of the pandemic.
The Problem With COVID-19 Artificial Intelligence Solutions and How to Fix Them
How nonprofit and business leaders can equitably and responsibly use AI systems in the fight against COVID-19.
Dispatch From 2030: What a Global Pandemic Taught Us About Tackling Climate Change
A look back from 2030 reveals how ambitious industrial policies, high-quality data, and courageous leadership saved us from an affliction worse than COVID-19. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
Connecting Housing, Community, and Health
A look at four “housing-plus” initiatives that are building healthy neighborhoods.
Advocating for Age in an Age of Uncertainty
How the COVID-19 crisis is amplifying ageism, and how advocates can push back.