Using Story to Solve Social Problems
How narrative intelligence can help everyone design solutions and generate useful data.
Solutions - Articles
Accept Market Risk, Manage Operating Risk
Part 2 of 3: Leverage mainstream market growth to support impact investments.
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The Solution Revolution
The Solution Revolution discusses the need for a new cross-sector approach to global problems.
Looking for Innovation in All the Wrong Places
Who consistently drives innovation in corporate America?
(Appropriate) Big Data for Climate Resilience?
Three huge opportunities and three risks.
Design Thinking for Evaluation and Learning
Three ways design thinking can maximize the relevance and impact of evaluation and organizational learning efforts.
Social Innovation: What It Is and What It Isn’t
The free market can do plenty of good on its own, so let's think more systematically beyond it.
Working with the Undercurrents
What tomorrow’s leaders can learn from artists.
Why Open Contests Work
A look at how competitions like those at the Knight Foundation serve the social entrepreneur community.
Design for Purpose, Execute for Profit
Part 1 of 3: The genesis of Song Investment Advisors and its governing theory.