Thoughts on Reluctant Entrepreneurship
What’s unique to the Entrepreneurial Generation isn’t just that we are entrepreneurs; it’s why we’re entrepreneurs.
Leadership - Articles
Innovative ways to develop strong leadership capabilities (more)
Searching for Jane Goodall
If two thirds of nonprofit executive directors step down in the next five years, who will carry the torch?
Innovating for a Better City
The need for local government innovation is now greater than ever.
Wanted: Philanthropy CEOs Who Can Shift Out of Neutral
Philanthropy frequently justifies its independence by invoking capacities it seldom displays.
Unexpected Innovation Lessons from the Do Lectures
Innovation doesn’t happen only in gleaming purpose-built labs with groups of geniuses hi-fiving each other as they surf the waves of change.
Measuring Leadership Development
To avoid measuring and funding leadership development is to deprive the social sector of one of its greatest performance improvement tools.
Don’t Occupy Wall Street—Transform It
It’s time for a new generation of social change leaders to move beyond occupying Wall Street to transform it.
How Not to Handle Succession in the Arts
The most effective bosses wear their power lightly, in cooperation rather than in conflict with the artists they mean to be serving.
Circles of Change
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Ode to Representative Democracy: The Power of Factions Still Matters
It is still necessary today to protect against the power of factions; it is vital this critical aspect of American democracy is restored.