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Embracing the Paradoxes of Innovation
Innovation is necessary to further social progress, and yet the challenges and paradoxes inherent in the endeavor cannot be avoided.
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The Innovator’s Opportunity
Many people think that the term “government innovation” is an oxymoron, but innovation does occur in the public sector and the pace is accelerating.
Creating a Sunny World
Solnechny Mir (Our Sunny World) is a Russian rehabilitation center that hosts more than 250 children and their families each week.
Labor of Love
Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and 2014 McArthur genius grant recipient, is building a movement to improve the lives of 2.5 million US home care workers.
Mobilizing the Masses
The Liberty Hill Foundation concentrates on helping community activists create lasting change in Los Angeles.
Keeping Kids in School
With hard data and soft skills, Communities in Schools fine-tunes its model to reduce dropout rates.
Texting for Change
A South African foundation is leading the way in creating mobile-phone-based solutions for social change.
Housing the Homeless
Common Ground helps reduce the number of people sleeping on New York City streets by opening residential buildings for the homeless and impaired.
A New Spin on Student Loans
Social Finance Inc. offers a network-based alternative to government-sponsored student loan programs.
Factoring for Change
To support entrepreneurs in emerging markets, investors are drawing upon a financial tradition that dates back centuries.