The Pay-It-Forward Threshold
What does it take for a nonprofit to grow without external support?
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
Teaching Disagreement Is Leadership Work
Why learning how to disagree well is important to professional development, and four areas where organizational leaders and staff can start.
Autonomy, Culture, and the Voice of Silence
Why silence, obligation, and dissent mean different things across cultures, and what leaders get wrong when they assume voice is universal.
Building Organizational Capacity for Constructive Conflict
Why compliance systems fall short, and how organizations can develop the skills and systems they need to effectively navigate and ultimately benefit from conflict.
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Serious Play
An excerpt from Dare to Think Differently on open-minded decision-making
When Nonprofit Leaders Should Think Like Creatives
A new management paradigm for maximizing impact.
The Civic Stakes of Organizational Disagreement
How organizations handle disagreement shapes not only their internal health, but also the civic capacities society depends on.
Meeting the Moments After This One
Philanthropy's role in Minneapolis must be to build for after the current crisis passes.
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Sowing Backlash, One DEI Training at a Time
An excerpt from Fixing Fairness on the fall and rise of workplace DEI
SSIR’s 2025 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including gun violence prevention, cash transfers, refugees, regenerative agriculture, adapting to climate change, reinventing solidarity, and more.