Paying for Public Failure Isn’t Always Charity
A response to Kevin Starr on the "philanthropy" of impact investing
Solutions - Articles
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.
Holding the Tension
From workplaces to civic institutions, disagreement is both a risk and a resource. This series, presented in partnership with Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, explores how organizations and leaders can treat it not as a liability, but as a source of learning, legitimacy, and cohesion.
What Else Can We Do? The Thirteen Intentions of Philanthropy
A year of turbulence has exposed the dangers of philanthropic monocultures and upended assumptions about impact, effectiveness, and scale. Embracing the varied intentions that motivate people to give offers a more resilient, pluralistic path forward.
Measuring More and Learning Less
How an excessive focus on methods has distracted attention from the more fundamental challenge of building rigor and learning overall.
Meeting the Moments After This One
Philanthropy's role in Minneapolis must be to build for after the current crisis passes.
Building a Solidarity Ecosystem for AI
How cooperatives, public institutions, and social movements can come together to intentionally build a practical, community-owned alternative to extractive AI systems.