Essentials of Social Innovation
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.
Tag: Human Capital
Education
Learning From Charter Schools
What happens when educators transplant successful practices from the charter sector to the public school system?
Foundations
Investing in People Pays Big Dividends
A look at how one impact investor helps develop the talent that its portfolio organizations need to succeed.
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Nonprofits
Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
Connecting to Change the World explores common network design issues in-depth and provides advice on how to handle them.
Nonprofits
Reconciling the Supply & Demand of Good Intentions
Why we must strike a balance between high-volume and high-touch service programs.
Social Entrepreneurship
Intrapreneurship for Higher Education Reform
Three lessons for intrapreneurship’s emerging community of practice.
Foundations
A Good Ending
Leaders at the Atlantic Philanthropies are modeling best practices for winding down a large, high-profile foundation. Includes magazine extras.
Economic Development
Community Development Needs a Quarterback
We need to take a new, more holistic approach to creating economic opportunity.
Economic Development
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Help the Poor?
Raising the minimum wage appears to help the poor, but these policies fail to create the conditions that help people move from poverty to prosperity.
Nonprofit Management
Transforming Society’s View of Retirement
A rapidly growing group of individuals are redefining their post-midlife years in ways that hold great potential for themselves and society. SSIR x Bridgespan series.