In Challenge Culture: Why The Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback, Dunkin’ Brands chairman Nigel Travis explains the usefulness of open and honest communication.
Too many organizations ignore or avoid addressing internal conflict. A healthy perspective on disagreement can increase resilience and spur needed innovation.
New research explores when top-down control works best in international development work, and when organizations should let employees in the field navigate challenges by using their own judgment.
Going beyond traditional monitoring and evaluation to focus on feedback can lead to new innovations in the social sector.
Employees are willing to make sacrifices to participate in social-impact projects, partly because they see them as opportunities for career advancement.
What constitutes “good” failures in philanthropy, and how can we have more of them?
Fund for Shared Insight is pooling the cash and convictions of 13 philanthropies to build the field of end-user feedback. Can its leaders become role models for the positive change they seek to create? Open access to this article is made possible by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (Fund for Shared Insight).
Why learning networks are one of the most effective ways to accelerate learning and strengthen coordination across the social sector.
How a business built on shared values between company and consumer can use those values to help navigate difficult social justice discussions and drive progress.
Five years ago, Bill Drayton described the emergence of a new organizational model for the social sector. Recent research highlights its promise.
