Civic Engagement
Building Movements, Not Organizations
Creating a healthy, humane world will require more than new organizational designs. It will take rethinking the nature of organizations entirely.
Tag: Organizational Sustainability
Foundations
Big and Fast Is Not Better
Building relationships with grassroots organizations that advocate for human rights-based development takes time, but without investing in them, philanthropy is likely to stumble. The case of Haiti is instructive.
Big Picture
Business Growth for Good: Why Context Matters
Corporations can achieve growth in emerging markets by investing in and organizing around sustainable and inclusive business activities.
Big Picture
Overcoming the Fear Factor in Nonprofit Decision-Making
Nonprofits have the potential to achieve far more by decentralizing and clarifying power and decision-making within their organizations.
Big Picture
The Digital Future of Corporate Responsibility
How the Internet of Everything can help solve four fundamental corporate responsibility challenges.
Business
New Business Growth in the Era of Collaboration
A new partnership model is poised to take advantage of under-the-radar, new markets that business-as-usual may overlook.
Collaboration
Can Individual and Institutional Donors Be Friends?
These groups' perspectives are closer than most think—and it’s good news for philanthropy.
Business
Beyond Shared Value: Character as Corporate Destiny
A new approach to enhancing corporate performance by upgrading the character of an organization.
Philanthropy & Funding
Working in the Dark
The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.
Social Entrepreneurship
Taking the Pulse of Investment in Social Enterprise
A recent survey highlights the important role of social enterprise in poverty alleviation.