Business
When Diversity Initiatives Fail
Technology tools used to identify racially diverse candidates made employees at one company feel like Black and brown candidates were being commodified.
Tag: Employment
Understanding why people are out of work and innovative ways to provide them with jobs
Philanthropy & Funding
When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption
Development philanthropists should focus on building the productive capacity of entire countries to achieve large-scale economic transformation, rather than enabling a few individuals to increase their consumption.
Education
Linking Youth Into Society
Life Project 4 Youth Alliance promotes the personal development and professional advancement of impoverished youth.
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Making the Gig Economy Work for Workers
The gig economy has upended the traditional employer-employee relationship and informalized work globally. Now workers around the world are pushing back.
Organizational Development
Why Settle for Cookie-Cutter People and Culture Practices?
Six ideas that could help organizations improve hiring, performance, equity, and more.
Education
Closing the Middle Skills Gap in Postsecondary Education
A staggering misalignment of postsecondary education and training programs in the United States is leaving millions of critical jobs unfilled and millions of Americans missing opportunities for meaningful economic mobility. What needs to change?
Education
Anchoring Higher Education in the Community
At College Unbound, we aim to empower adult learners to transform their families, communities, and workplaces. We also aspire to transform higher education.
Economic Development
Tech Inclusion for Excluded Communities
Bringing high-tech operations into the geographical heart of excluded communities jump-starts mass participation, galvanizing economic advancement for their members while challenging accepted norms of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Social Enterprise
Preserving Social Purpose Amid a Global Pandemic
Mexico’s Pixza began as a social inclusion vehicle for homeless adults through a pizza business. Its evolution demonstrates how social entrepreneurs can leverage purpose to sustain organizations through a crisis and to reengineer business models to foster greater impact.
Human Rights
When Discrimination Meets Meritocracy
Hiring managers focus on qualities they deem relevant to the job, even if applying those qualities may be discriminatory.