The Case for Social Innovation Micro-Credentials
Digital badges as a credentialing tool may force us to re-think and redesign education, especially for emerging fields such as social innovation.
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Will a Higher Minimum Wage Help the Poor?
Raising the minimum wage appears to help the poor, but these policies fail to create the conditions that help people move from poverty to prosperity.
Getting Leapfrogging Right
A new generation of digital breakthroughs holds the potential to deliver important social benefits, but only if we adopt technology in a different way.
Could Holding Companies Help Social Enterprise Scale Up?
A look at the benefits holding companies can offer social enterprises and how a trailblazing group in France is leading the way.
Disruptive Innovation: Where It Matters Most
It’s time to stop quibbling over what “disruptive innovation” means and focus on how to put it to work for good.
People, Power, and Accountability
Any approach to measuring social impact that doesn’t include a transfer of power to stakeholders is just marketing.
Accelerating Civic Innovation Through “Strategic Doing”
A new approach to strategy is producing collaborations that are replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
Storytelling and the Dangers of Disbelief
Social innovators can benefit from embracing complex characters and stories.
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Lessons from the Transformative Scale Series
We really can achieve impact at a scale that solves problems.
Animal Protection: A Growing and Global Priority
Protecting animals is integral to solving many international problems; we must use the increasing momentum behind animal welfare to drive long-term change.