Excerpts of top books on social innovation
A new book looks at the mix of leadership, strategy, coordination, and evidence leaders need to transform the US health sector.
New Frontiers of Philanthropy: A Guide to the New Tools and Actors Reshaping Global Philanthropy and Social Investing examines the potential impact of contemporary philanthropy in providing new, much-needed models of social and environmental problem-solving.
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.
Measuring Social Impacts outlines a five-step method for figuring out which impacts matter and how to measure them.
Learning with Big Data: The Future of Education offers real-world examples of how educators are using data to improve learning.
The Big Pivot outlines strategies for saving our world in the face of today's climate and resource challenges.
In The Social Labs Revolution, Zaid Hassan argues in favor of an experimental, rather than a planning-based, approach to today's challenges.
Deepening Community explores four aspects of creating a meaningful community in a modern world.
Through stories, tools, and exercises, Centered Leadership outlines an approach for becoming an effective leader, an approach developed and utilized at McKinsey.
Rejecting the instinct to do everything, Essentialism investigates the idea of doing "less, but better."
