Design Thinking
Social Impact by Design
This book offers useful ideas for integrating design thinking into a work environment but could provide more specific guidelines for the design process itself.
Review
Tag: Innovation Theory
Technology
Four Pitfalls of Social Product Innovation
By understanding risks and establishing mitigation strategies in advance of digital product innovation, organizations can save resources while deepening their impact.
Scaling
Scaling Science
A new approach to scaling is needed in which the goal is scaling up social impact for public good. Open access to this article is made possible by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Organizational Development
The Organizational Innovation Behind One of Asia’s Largest Charities
How the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Association evolved from a small local charity into a global NGO.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Is Your Nonprofit Built for Sustained Innovation?
Six useful starting points for nonprofits that want to build their capacity to continuously innovate.
Social Enterprise
Building a Financially Sustainable Social Enterprise in Emerging Markets
Six lessons on achieving financial independence in a resource-constrained era.
Design Thinking
Two Paths to Supporting Grassroots Innovation
An innovation experiment in Indonesia yields insights on how international development organizations can effectively foster innovation within the communities they aim to help.
Video
Organizational Development
Rethinking Innovation and Scale
SSIR academic editor Johanna Mair talks with Roy Steiner of Omidyar Network, Renee Kaplan of the Skoll Foundation, Jim Bildner of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, and Christian Seelos, coauthor with Mair of the new book Innovation and Scaling for Impact.
Scaling
What Exactly Do We Mean by Systems?
Everyone is talking about systems. Or at least, that's how it seems in my wonkish corner of the philanthropic world. You can't attend a conference or even have a meeting without hearing about systems, whether it's people trying to disrupt them, map them, learn from them, or catalyze them.