World Literature on Social Innovation: A Quest
A new book makes an important contribution to a field screaming out for diversity—but may also illustrate why there isn’t more diversity.
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Commentary and analysis on social innovation ideas and approaches (more)
Passing the Torch on Impact Investing
An introduction to the recently released book New Frontiers of Philanthropy.
Getting Beyond Hype: Four Questions to Predict Real Impact
A simple way to think about investment and design.
Crickets Going Quiet: Questions of Evolution and Scale
Can new insights from biology help us reimagine what and how organizations scale up?
Fifty Shades of Sharing. Or at Least Two.
Understanding the division within the sharing economy is an essential step toward engaging the values-driven segment of that economy with our social change missions.
Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo
Philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.
Health
Jobs for Better Health
Helping those excluded from the labor market reach their full potential will have a huge effect on health care and the economy.
Business
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Hand in Hobby Lobby
The Supreme Court’s reasoning and decision in Hobby Lobby should make the foundation reflect on the relative wisdom of its initiative to blend the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Why the Future of Social Innovation Is Open
We must move beyond the profit proxy as a shorthand way of determining whether a business is successful or not, and whether it is social or not.