Failing to Lead
An excerpt from Failing To Win: Hard-Earned Lessons from a Purpose-Driven Startup on critical mistakes and what could have been.
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Book Excerpts Excerpts from books on social innovation
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Randomistas vs. Contestistas
An excerpt from Solving Public Problems on RCTs and their limitations
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At the Intersection
Two excerpts from the edited collection, The Intersector, on building public trust through cross-sector collaboration between the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
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Playful Critique
An excerpt from Creative Acts for Curious People on making judgments more deliberate
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The Way You Sell May Be Killing Your Dream
An excerpt from Sell Well, Do Good on breaking open the black box of selling: how to design a selling system that aligns with the values and best practices of social enterprise
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Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving
Wicked Problems explores characteristics of and approaches to today's most complex social issues.
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inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity
inGenius argues that we don’t look at everything in our environment as an opportunity for ingenuity—but that we should.
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Rippling
Rippling outlines five principles used by social entrepreneurs to spread innovation.
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Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders
Passion and Purpose is a collection of personal stories regarding success and failure in business and leadership.
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Learning in Fog
An excerpt from The Upside of Uncertainty on facing the unknown with courage.