Design Thinking
Making the Affordable Aspirational: Increasing the Adoption of Frugal Innovations at the Base of the Pyramid
Companies and nonprofits need to be more realistic and empathetic that consumers’ decisions are not purely driven by cost.
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Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems (more)
Design Thinking
Combatting the Psychology of Bias
How our brains undermine long-term thinking, and what social impact organizations can do about it.
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Design Thinking
Mind the Message
An excerpt from The Secret Language of Maps on seeing past the visuals.
Design Thinking
A New Model for Saving Lives on Roads Around the World
An innovative approach to traffic safety cut fatalities in half on one of India’s most dangerous highways.
Health
Restoring Lost Voices
Syrinx is an AI-driven wearable device that returns human speech and, with it, human dignity.
Measurement & Evaluation
Are Your Data Visualizations Racist?
Three ways to be more equitable and inclusive with your data and data visualizations.
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Leadership
Playful Critique
An excerpt from Creative Acts for Curious People on making judgments more deliberate
Scaling
Efficacy Before Scale
To invest in and grow promising organizations and programs in a way that promotes efficacy prior to significant scaling and expansion, there are three pathways to follow: piloting, testing, and iterating.
Economic Development
The Problem of Social Benefit
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Building Relationships, Strengthening Neighborhoods
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?