Advocacy
Measuring Narrative Change: Moving From Theory to Practice
Funders may be reluctant to support narrative work because progress is difficult to evaluate. Are these objections valid?
Tag: Systems Change
Leadership
Rethinking Leadership Development Evaluation
How understanding the complexity and nuance of leadership in changing environments can help fuel system-level change.
Cities
Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?
As ecosystems of networked organizations, cities provide the necessary scale, reach, and resources to bridge the gap between small experiments and big problems.
Leadership
Leading Together for Systems Change
Social change requires a deep understanding of how people and systems interact, and of how to tap into the powerful effects of people leading together.
Organizational Development
The Future of Teaching and Learning Social Innovation
Let’s send our organizations to school.
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Changing the Housing Narrative by Talking About Race and Values
Three social change leaders discuss how to move the narrative about housing away from a focus on individual actions toward values, racial justice, and the well-being of all.
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Transforming Our Housing System
Housing is a complex domain. Solutions that repair our broken housing system will require a collaborative approach to funding and long-term systems change.
Philanthropy & Funding
Instead of Disruption, Leverage What Already Exists
In times of extreme political polarization and governmental dysfunction, “leverage-first” organizations create impact by working within existing systems, however imperfect they may be.
Organizational Development
Systems Change: Making the Aspirational Actionable
Using a social justice framework for systems change planning can help leaders work out the root causes of social problems and create concrete strategies to solve them.
Philanthropy & Funding
To Meet the Climate Challenge, Philanthropy Must Challenge Itself
Recent rapid growth in climate philanthropy risks redundancy, waste, and friendly fire.