Government
Why Bureaucrats Defend Democracy
Civil servants are more likely to resist authoritarianism when they are supported by peers, ombuds offices, and professional associations.
Tag: Organizational Networks
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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement
Health coalitions did the research, coordinated with donors, and secured strong government buy-in. Now, community health workers are finally getting the credit—and pay—they deserve.
Collaboration
Dynamic Strategies for Successful Health Collaboratives
Our research into 19 multistakeholder health efforts identified the crucial factors and leadership moves that together lead to success or failure.
Collaboration
How to Foster Collaborative Relationships
Too often, potential collaborators focus on the why rather than the how. I offer a three-pronged approach for overcoming barriers to interaction.
Organizational Development
How Anonymous Self-Organized
The hacktivist collective built a framework to encourage and guide participation without direct oversight.
Collaboration
How to Manage Large-Scale Public Crises
To address the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic disruptions, India’s government, businesses, and nonprofits had to work together. Their experience provides lessons for the world on crisis management.
Collaboration
Civic Mobilization Infrastructure in an Age of Existential Threats
Brazilian civil society worked together to win basic income for the poor. Its success illustrates how organizations must interlock to secure rights and push for social change.
Impact Investing
Bridging the Divide Between Impact Investing and Native America
Indigenous intermediaries are crucial to overcoming asymmetries between impact investors and Native America through the building of relationships of trust, creation of an ecosystem for impact investing in Indigenous communities, and performance of the due diligence investors need to manage risk.
Health
A Nonprofit Networked Platform for Global Health
Project ECHO developed a revolutionary model for helping doctors and clinicians in New Mexico to treat hepatitis C. It spread around the world to address numerous chronic diseases. With the COVID-19 pandemic, it found its moment.
Collaboration
Seeding the Ground for Tri-Sector Alliances Before the Crisis Hits
COVID-19 has forced business, government, and philanthropy to combine forces quickly to respond to community needs. Here are five principles for making organic, public-private alliances an ongoing force for change.