Strategy Done Wrong
An excerpt of Giving Done Right details the death of top-down philanthropy.
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The Significance of Four Centuries of Black Labor
An excerpt from Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America reflects on the meaning of centuries of black labor for the future of America’s economy and democracy.
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Understanding State Governance
An excerpt from Education, Equity, and the States explores how education reform requires government reform.
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Making Space for Prosperity
An excerpt from The Prosperity Paradox shows how the story of the success of instant noodles changed a nation’s economy.
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How Social Innovation Can Fight Terrorism
An excerpt from Compassionate Counterterrorism highlights development-based interventions that have deterred terrorist recruitment.
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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.