Using Strategic Foresight to Create the Future We Want
The future is having a moment. Philanthropic and nonprofit organizations can use the foresight tools long championed by private industry to build more desirable futures for their communities.
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Love Is the Key to Democracy
The hard, transformative work of building a society for everyone begins with seeking to love particular people and their particular needs.
Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Education Reform
Comprehensive reform of a single mandatory subject in Rwandan secondary schools is setting students up for real-world opportunities by aligning classroom learning with life after graduation.
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What It Means to Govern for All
The road to making legal equal protection real, proactive, and effective is long, but it begins with being clear about the destination.
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Engage to Spark Collaboration
An excerpt from Making Work Matter on developing impactful leadership
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We Must Be Founders
To fulfill this nation’s promise as a multiracial democracy requires more than tinkering around the edges. Renewal requires bottom-up transformation.
In Defense of Big Bets
The movement to mobilize big bets in philanthropy is growing. Let’s not dissuade potential donors by framing it as “a new way to fail.”
Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide
Every social system has its own unique and self-reinforcing characteristics, practices, and vocabularies. Learning to span these boundaries is a prerequisite for any significant change effort.
Strengthening Boards to Navigate the Intersection of Profit and Purpose
OpenAI’s governance saga might give leaders pause about alternative ways of organizing, but research shows hybrid governance models can be successful—with effective boards to lead them.
Big Bet Bummer
We need big bet philanthropy. We also need it to change.