Book Excerpts | Philanthropy & Funding
Strategy Done Wrong
An excerpt of Giving Done Right details the death of top-down philanthropy.
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Book Excerpts
Excerpts of top books on social innovation
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Book Excerpts | Economic Development
The Significance of Four Centuries of Black Labor
An excerpt from Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America reflects on the meaning of centuries of black labor for the future of America’s economy and democracy.
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Book Excerpts | Governance
Understanding State Governance
An excerpt from Education, Equity, and the States explores how education reform requires government reform.
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Book Excerpts | Economic Development
Making Space for Prosperity
An excerpt from The Prosperity Paradox shows how the story of the success of instant noodles changed a nation’s economy.
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Book Excerpts | Business
How Social Innovation Can Fight Terrorism
An excerpt from Compassionate Counterterrorism highlights development-based interventions that have deterred terrorist recruitment.
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Book Excerpts | Organizational Development
Changing Organizational Mindset
An excerpt from Brave New Work contends that managers should become “complexity conscious.”
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Book Excerpts | Leadership
The Five Roles of the Mature Leader
An excerpt from The Punk Rock of Business gives leadership a new, wild spin.
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Book Excerpts | Technology
Global Migration and Offshore Outsourcing
An excerpt of The Gift of Global Talent.
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Book Excerpts | Design Thinking
From Classical Management to Behavioral Transformation
An excerpt from Leading Transformation on the "Behavioral Innovation Manifesto."
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Book Excerpts | Human Rights
Design for All
An excerpt of Bess Williamson’s Accessible America shows how accessible design is innovative and inclusive.