SSIR’s 2022 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including cities, the imagination, disruption, capitalism, and careers.
Solutions - Articles
Excerpt
Private Firms, Public Initiatives
An excerpt from The Right Privatization on why private entrepreneurs need capable governments.
Don’t Salaries Matter?
Of work, weasels, and employee engagement in the nonprofit sector.
Convening by Design
Principles and tactics for creating strategic convenings that foster meaningful interaction and outcomes.
SSIR Stories Around the World
Stories selected by the editors of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s global editions and why they chose to share them with their local audiences.
Excerpt
Learning in Fog
An excerpt from The Upside of Uncertainty on facing the unknown with courage.
What Makes Funder Collaboration Effective?
Aligned objectives, clear decision-making structures, knowledge flows, adaptability, and assuring utility for grantee partners.
sponsored
Housing and Local Solutions: Elevating What Works
Local initiatives are breaking new ground to make access to housing and opportunity more affordable and equitable and to increase the resources dedicated to housing justice.
The Problem With Tables
In discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusion, the table is frequently used as a symbol of inclusion. Whether by design or default, the table is accepted as a place to ameliorate issues of marginalization, exclusion, neglect, discrimination, and other harms.
When to Call It Quits
As the third sector in Nicaragua comes under increasing government attacks, a founder had to make one of the most difficult choices.