Foundations
A Good Ending
Leaders at the Atlantic Philanthropies are modeling best practices for winding down a large, high-profile foundation. Includes magazine extras.
Tag: Human Capital
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.
Business
The Secret to Transformative Scale: Hire Right
When it comes to an organization’s ability to achieve impact, outstanding people make the difference.
Review
Government
Government by Toolkit
The first chief technology officer of the United States offers a vision for remaking public services.
Nonprofit Management
Leadership Development: Five Things All Nonprofits Should Know
Why leadership development takes courage but is the best investment a nonprofit can make.
Civil Society
The Promise of Mandatory Community Service
How a little-known tradition that helped rebuild Rwanda could help the rest of us.
Nonprofit Management
Transformative Scale Means “Crowding In”
We must develop and scale programs and ideas that harness the power of social movements.
Urban Development
What Makes a “World-Class” City?
Planners must shift their attention to the informal economy that is the invisible engine of true urban greatness.