Beyond Collective Impact
Rather than a model with a fixed approach, as collective impact is, the community system solutions framework can be adapted to different types of situations. The Editor's Note from the Winter 2020 issue.
Organizational Development Innovative approaches to internally driven, organization-wide efforts to achieve strategic goals
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What US Schools Can Learn From Finland’s Approach to Education
Four strategies for creating a positive school culture that focuses on the whole student and fosters long-term, holistic well-being.
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Social-Symbolic Work and Social Innovation
An excerpt from Constructing Organizational Life examines self work, organization work, and institutional work within the context of social innovation.
Communicating Complexity in the Humanitarian Sector
By relying on academic research, organizations can understand where their communications will have the most impact. The final article in Humanitarian Innovation in Action, a series on innovation as a tool for change within complex institutions.
Creating a Culture of Innovation in the Humanitarian Sector
How organizations can create a culture that supports innovation, regardless of their size or complexity. The fourth of five articles in Humanitarian Innovation in Action, a series on innovation as a tool for change within complex institutions.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
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The Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector
More nonprofits are managing their brands to create greater impact and organizational cohesion.
Engaging Employees to Create a Sustainable Business
The key to creating a vibrant and sustainable company is to find ways to get all employees personally engaged in day-to-day corporate sustainability efforts.
The Four Principles of Purpose-Driven Board Leadership
In the face of increasingly pressing systemic inequities, nonprofit boards must change the traditional ways they have worked and instead prioritize an organization's purpose, show respect for the ecosystem in which they operate, commit to equity, and recognize that power must be authorized by the people they're aiming to help.
Integrating Intentional Influence into Your Strategy
Five practical considerations for organizations that want to use intentional influence to achieve a bold social goal.