Investing Evolves
A brief history of investing that advances environmental and social concerns, and why impact investors and sustainable investors should look to what they have in common, not how they differ.
Big Picture Commentary and analysis on social innovation ideas and approaches
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The Promise of Mandatory Community Service
How a little-known tradition that helped rebuild Rwanda could help the rest of us.
Shifts in Thinking to Achieve Transformative Scale
We need to shift from a focus on production to impact, and leverage principles of platforms, networks, community, and co-creation.
Taking Mobile Money to the Next Level
For mobile money services to evolve, providers need to support all the activities that go on before, during, and after customers make payments.
Starting a New Relationship in Education
Incubators are serving as a transformational vehicle in the education sector.
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What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Integrating Intentional Influence into Your Strategy
Five practical considerations for organizations that want to use intentional influence to achieve a bold social goal.
The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.