Replicating Parts, not the Whole, to Scale
Rather than replicating “one-size-fits-all” solutions across different settings, international development innovators need to identify the core aspects they can effectively and efficiently scale up.
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The New Prize: Long-term Training and Engagement
Prize and challenge designers are focusing on training future social innovators and creating communities of engaged problem solvers.
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Overfished Ocean Strategy
Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for a Resource-Deprived World is a book about business innovation and the specific principles that allow companies to navigate empty economic oceans with grace.
The Ethics of Innovation
An ethical framework can bridge the worlds of startup technology and international development to strengthen cross-sector innovation in the social sector.
Foundation-Owned Social Enterprises: A New Way Forward?
A novel impact investment model can help social enterprises and foundations generate a high social return on investment.
Approaching Food Waste from All Sides
New technology-enabled solutions are trying to match the scale of food recovery to the scale of industrial food distribution.
Assessing Nonprofit Risk in PFS Deals
A framework to guide nonprofits in effectively assessing risk and opportunity in Pay for Success contracts.
Strategic Networking and Effective Leadership
Why strategic networking matters, and three ways to encourage new managers and other emerging leaders to do it.
Philanthropy, the Post-2015 Agenda, and Diffuse Collaboration
In joining the push for meaningful Sustainable Development Goals, foundations need to prepare for a long-term give-and-take approach.
The Next Great Frontier of Impact Investing
A framework to make impact investing appealing to institutional investors and accessible to international nonprofits.