Leadership

Future-Oriented Leadership

By Sara Ellis Conant & Jacob Harold 4

Purpose, values, and humility will be the social sector’s greatest strengths.

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Impact Investing

Impact Curious?

By Priya Parrish

An excerpt from The Little Book of Impact Investing on impact investing for everyone

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Business

Too Many Bosses

By Ranjay Gulati

An excerpt from Deep Purpose on how the Indian firm Mahindra makes purpose an existential intention that informs every decision, practice, and process.

Collaboration

Realizing the SDGs Through Transformational Corporate-NGO Partnerships

By Zahid Torres-Rahman, Michelle Grogg, & Marcela Hahn 4

Reflections on a 50-year partnership between an international NGO and multi-national corporation, and why working together in true partnership is the only way to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Impact Investing

The Politics of Impact

By Jed Emerson

An excerpt from Jed Emerson’s The Purpose of Capital: Elements of Impact, Financial Flows, and Natural Being

Social Enterprise

Breaking Through the False Choice Between Mission and Liquidity

By Jasper van Brakel 2

A look at three business structures that let social enterprises scale without sacrificing purpose.

Leadership

Navigating Purpose and Collaboration in Social Impact Networks

By Dylan Skybrook 1

Most models for developing networks for collaboration emphasize discovering or clarifying purpose as the first step. But purpose doesn’t always have to manifest in the form of a single vision or strategic plan shared among all participants.

Business

Leading with Purpose: The New Business Norm?

By Whitney Dailey 1

How purpose can attract more consumers, build deeper bonds, and amplify brand messages.