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.
Tag: Systems Change
Measurement & Evaluation
The ‘Thou Shalt Nots’ of Systems Change
Enthusiasm for systems change is not new, and a broader historical perspective will help systems change enthusiasts learn from the past what NOT to do: replicate the ineffective mindsets and engineering approaches that have defined so much of the systems change work in our sectors.
Health
Orchestrating Systems-Level Change in the Battle Against COVID-19
How individuals and coalitions are orchestrating and activating neglected resources to help end the pandemic and build more resilient health systems.
Philanthropy & Funding
Hyperlocal Giving to Black-Led Nonprofits Cannot Simply Be a Trend
Not only do Black-led nonprofits need lasting and long-term support, but philanthropy needs to wrestle with its past failures to invest in the very communities we claim to be working for.
Philanthropy & Funding
Building a Trust-Based Philanthropy to Shift Power Back to Communities
To realize the deep systemic change that America is demanding, philanthropy must reorganize to build and demonstrate a trust-based culture, invest in community leadership capacity-building, and open up decision-making and information-sharing structures.
Design Thinking
The Next Chapter in Design for Social Innovation
To address more complex social challenges, design thinking must become radically more collaborative and oriented toward systems change.
Social Enterprise
Applying a Gender Lens to Social Entrepreneurship
The social sector will flourish through embracing less patriarchal and more collaborative approaches that focus on long-term systemic change.
Scaling
Your Software, Their Hardware: Stacking the Deck for High-Quality Replication
Your awesome model doesn’t get to serious scale unless others replicate it, too. Here’s how to make it happen.
Government
How Philanthropy Can Help Governments Accelerate a Real Recovery
Philanthropic dollars can play a unique role in catalyzing the public sector’s transformation toward data-driven leadership and decision-making.
Education
A Field Catalyst for Systems Change in Higher Education
How the McConnell Foundation’s Re-Code initiative is rewiring higher education for innovation across Canada. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.