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Rebuilding an Age-Integrated Society
Social innovation separated old from young, sowing disconnection and discontent. Here’s how we can come together again.
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Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
Social Enterprise
Social-Tech Entrepreneurs: Building Blocks of a New Social Economy
How a new genre of social entrepreneur can wield emerging technologies to create integrated and inclusive social and industrial policies.
For Social Business to Become the Norm, We Need to Build a Social Business Infrastructure
For social businesses to survive and thrive, we must change the broader business ecosystem's legal structures, sustainability metrics, accountability systems, and funding opportunities.
Measuring Social Impact Can Help Foster a Stronger European Social Economy
Social enterprises and nonprofit organizations need to change the way they measure the impact of their work and become learning organizations, able to influence public policy.
How Public Procurement Can Spur the Social Economy
European governments purchase more than €2 trillion of goods and services annually, and more of that spending is being done in a socially responsible manner.
The Social Economy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Why the social economy needs to step up and shape technological development to address social needs, and five strategies to get there.
Reconceptualizing the Social Economy
The social economy is increasingly seen as a motor for social change, but how can this shift in perspectives be framed to better understand and harness its potential?
Strengthen Media Literacy to Win the Fight Against Misinformation
If the world is going to stop deliberate or unintentional misinformation and its insidious effects, we need to radically expand and accelerate our counterattacks, particularly human-centered solutions focused on improving people's media and information literacy.
The Promise of Social Sector Franchising
The massive growth of commercial franchises like McDonald’s offers inspiration for scaling social impact. Although still very young, social sector franchising is spawning an array of successful enterprises that offer lessons for further expansion.
International Lessons on Building Resilient, Cross-Sector Partnerships
By focusing on three principles—shared goals, open acknowledgement of differing incentives, and the reduction of hierarchy and centralized strategy—organizations can build stronger partnerships, with an emphasis on action.