When Scaling Goes Wrong
John List’s The Voltage Effect offers advice for companies looking to hit it big, but does the endless pursuit of scale produce more harm than good?
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Parrying Philanthropy’s Critics
Beth Breeze’s In Defence of Philanthropy offers a passionate rebuttal to criticisms of giving that have dominated public discourse.
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Justice Without Violence
Arguing that police reform is impossible, Derecka Purnell charts an alternative path to building safer communities and a more just world.
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Getting to Zero
Authors Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff call for disruptive innovations and radical reconfiguration of industries to decarbonize the planet by 2050.
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Embrace the Process
Cynthia Rayner and François Bonnici recommend that organizations seeking systems change focus less on outcomes and more on principles and practice.
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It’s the Destination
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
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Hear, Hear for Profits
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus
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Rethinking Human Nature
Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life by Dacher Keltner