Economic Development
The Problem of Social Benefit
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.
Tag: Resilience
Organizational Development
Preventing System ‘Snap Back’
Because systems naturally resist change, systems thinkers must learn to build change with resilience.
Government
How European Governments Can Help Spur Innovations for the Public Good
Sensible innovation policy design, targeted at innovations for the public good, can be a crucial tool in helping our societies recover and rebuild.
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Youth Leadership in Action
Youth and young adults helped develop and implement a new initiative, Youth Thrive, that addresses the challenges they face in foster care.
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Community Takes the Wheel
A new framework, Evidence2Success, gave the Children and Youth Cabinet a road map to put equity at the center of its work with young people.
Health
East African Health Accelerators and the Pandemic
Health-care innovation will be needed to put the brakes on the current pandemic and prepare the world for the next one. But how are accelerator programs adapting their activities to pandemic conditions?
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Building Resiliency in Times of Crisis
Funders must shift their frameworks, expectations, and budgets to better serve nonprofits whose financial models are being tested during the coronavirus pandemic.
Health
Bringing Organizational Well-Being to Life
By committing to a broad, participatory learning process, social change leaders can greatly enhance staff positivity and resilience, as well as increase organizational sustainability and impact. Part of the Centered Self series.
Leadership
Leading a Global Team Through Crisis Means Focusing on Local Details
Three steps every global organization should take to care for staff, and build resilience during COVID-19 and beyond. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
Leadership
New Leadership for Global Health
The Adaptive Leadership Framework can help the international health community address the most complex problems in preventing communicable diseases and other global health threats. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.