Organization: The Next Big Innovation
The biggest social wins will come from a shift in mind-set that refocuses efforts on improving organizational effectiveness.
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Commentary and analysis on social innovation ideas and approaches (more)
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.
Sesame Workshop: Empowering Children Through Media
What benefits children today may not affect the children of tomorrow.
Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Government
Ode to Representative Democracy: The Power of Factions Still Matters
It is still necessary today to protect against the power of factions; it is vital this critical aspect of American democracy is restored.
PopTech: A Conference to Break Cynics
PopTech, the annual three-day meeting of innovators and do-gooders is a cynicism breaker.
Stone Soup and an Impoverished Mexican Village
In a session at the Opportunity Collaboration, stories were shared on the power and importance of community decision-making.
Philanthropy as Infrastructure?
As a society, we should not encourage the replacement of public responsibilities by private philanthropy.
Social Innovation, Evolving to Law
California's social venture legislation is part of a broader evolution of social innovation.
Reducing Poverty Through Personal Manufacturing
The problem with traditional charity is that it gives little or no thought to the power of incentives or the necessity of self sufficiency.