When Nonprofit Leaders Should Think Like Creatives
A new management paradigm for maximizing impact.
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
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.
Need a Boost? 14 Stories That Inspired Us in 2025
Innovation stories on collaborating for greater impact, protecting and preserving history, affordable housing, an inspiring model of civic leadership, and more.
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If You Want People in the Office, Build One Worth Coming To
An excerpt from Irresistible Change on a return-to-office strategy that works
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2025
Building collective capacity; AI's power for the greater good; grappling with systems collapse; lessons from collaborative philanthropy; and more.
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The Power of Redemptive Love
Jason Corburn and DeVone Boggan's Advancing Peace explores a striking model for addressing urban gun violence without police.
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Putting Systems Change in Place
An excerpt from Connected to Place on applying systems change principles to place-based initiatives