The Future of Banking for the Poor: Lessons from India
How combining “high-tech” and “high-touch” support can improve global financial health.
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Using Measures That Really Matter
Why the social sector should not relate its work in any quantitative or qualitative way to the GDP.
The Art of “Muddling Through”
How an emergent funding strategy gave rise to a rapid-learning health system and ultimately became part of a national moonshot to eliminate cancer.
A Powerful, Under-Used Tool for Addressing the Roots of Inequality: Inclusive Ownership
To disrupt the starkest income divide in US history, we must foster new ownership models that more evenly distribute wealth and assets throughout the United States.
Is It Time for a New Presidential Debate Format?
Around the world, people want more say in what questions candidates need to answer during presidential debates.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
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.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.