Big and Fast Is Not Better
Building relationships with grassroots organizations that advocate for human rights-based development takes time, but without investing in them, philanthropy is likely to stumble. The case of Haiti is instructive.
Collaboration - Most Popular
Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
The Eurozone’s Great Big Network Crisis
Conflicts are inevitable when groups (or countries) harness the power of networked action; it’s up to leaders to plan for the worst to achieve the best.
Using Social Incubation to Drive Local Innovation
A look at why and how social innovation can catalyze solutions for local problems from within the community, rather than by importing ideas from the outside.
Naming the Mindsets of Innovation
Social sector leaders can encourage innovation by fostering three productive mindsets.
Practical Advice
Creating Health in the 21st Century
Five principles to guide how communities can develop new pathways to health, plus concrete steps toward contributing to a culture that values connections and relationships as much as treatments and health campaigns.
Communities Can Set the Course for Lasting Change
Communities have the resources to address the problems they face; they just need to approach those problems in a different way.
Big Picture
Time to Return to the Whole
Only by finding a new narrative that embraces the whole, rather than the parts, can we build the health-creating systems we need.
Supporting Small Businesses for Big Change
Can donors do more to leverage small business as an effective means of delivering development services?
Business
New Business Growth in the Era of Collaboration
A new partnership model is poised to take advantage of under-the-radar, new markets that business-as-usual may overlook.