One way to make risk-taking more palatable for social change organizations is to run small, light, nimble experiments––tests not built to win wars, but rather to quickly infiltrate new territory, attack new problems, and inform future tactics.
Nonprofit organizations and social businesses must adapt to technological changes to survive.
Girl Scouts of the USA has overhauled everything from its federated structure to its information technology systems to the way that Girl Scouts sell their fabled cookies.
Nonprofits and their funders need to plan for—and budget for—unforeseen events that can disrupt worthy projects.
People who rise within a hierarchy often develop qualities that make it hard for them work together in groups.
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
More nonprofits are managing their brands to create greater impact and organizational cohesion.
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.
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.
Five practical considerations for organizations that want to use intentional influence to achieve a bold social goal.
