The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator
The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator describes the journeys of ten innovators who discovered problems that they couldn't ignore.
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Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less
Scaling Up Excellence uses stories of struggle and success from various organizations to explore the idea of scaling.
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Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change
Moments of Impact outlines a process for structuring strategic, collaborative conversations about approaching difficult issues.
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The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise
The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook offers "tough-love" guidance for budding social entrepreneurs.
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The Brand IDEA
The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity offers a framework for nonprofits looking to more effectively mange their brands to further their missions.
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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.