Measuring Leadership Development
To avoid measuring and funding leadership development is to deprive the social sector of one of its greatest performance improvement tools.
Solutions - Articles
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.
Podcast
Cross-Sector Social Innovation
Buzz Thompson identifies models of collaboration across areas of expertise that can help us solve complex societal issues.
Organization: The Next Big Innovation
The biggest social wins will come from a shift in mind-set that refocuses efforts on improving organizational effectiveness.
Investing in Impact
As entrepreneurs create more for-profit businesses with strong social missions, the opportunity for socially minded investors to invest in them grows.
Social Impact Markets
Why a market for social innovations is needed now more than ever.
Impact Investing: What Exactly Is New?
A veteran of the microfinance industry looks at impact investing through the lenses of history, language, and psychology.
The Rise of Social Capital Market Intermediaries
Donors and grantmakers are allocating money more efficiently, thanks to the emergence of information and funding intermediaries.
Connecting Heart to Head
Leaders of Alcoa and PUMA, two forward-looking multibillion-dollar global companies, describe a framework for sustainable growth.