Don’t Feed the Zombies
When funders aren’t accountable for impact, it ruins the party for everyone.
Solutions - Articles
Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?
As ecosystems of networked organizations, cities provide the necessary scale, reach, and resources to bridge the gap between small experiments and big problems.
The Missing Tool in the Climate Fight
Market-shaping interventions in global health provide a powerful model for the struggle to decarbonize the economy.
Leading Together for Systems Change
Social change requires a deep understanding of how people and systems interact, and of how to tap into the powerful effects of people leading together.
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When Black Women Walk, Things Change
An excerpt from America’s Path Forward on prioritizing the joy and health and proximate leadership of Black women.
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Sharpening Your Edges
It’s important to understand how the world is shifting and how philanthropy is adapting in response. But what does that mean for your own work?
Grounding Leadership in Community Wisdom
To advance equity, leadership programs must affirm, center, and strengthen the collective skills, knowledge, and aspirations of communities.
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Sharpening Our Tools
An excerpt from The Toolbox on how community organizing is evolving in the 21st century
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What’s Love Got to Do With It? Returning Philanthropy to Its Root
To solve the challenges of today, the sector must re-embrace an ethos of leading with love.
Telemedicine in Ukraine Is Showing That High-Tech Isn’t Always Better
We’re seeing remarkable advances in telemedicine stemming from the international aid response to the war in Ukraine. What have we learned that could be applied in the United States and globally?