Writing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and amid another wave of hype about the potential of new technologies to solve humanity ...

A look at innovations taking root in Brazil that preserve endangered ecosystems while fostering socioeconomic equity.

Since the dawn of the 21st century, we’ve faced an explosion of ideas and information like never before. Today’s world brings unprecedented levels of communication, leading to rising anxiety, ...

A 20-year campaign to address America’s high school dropout crisis produced unprecedented gains in graduation rates nationwide. Can lessons from this campaign help the nation cross this elusive ...

Is it possible we’re doing communications work wrong? Are foundations and nonprofits stubbornly stuck using 20th-century ...

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In early 2014, the Ebola virus began its devastation of West Africa, moving through countries, communities, and families with grim efficiency. Over the next two years, 60 percent of those infected ...

Much of artificial intelligence (AI) in common use is dedicated to predicting people’s behavior. It tries to anticipate your next purchase, your next mouse-click, your next job move. But such ...

Disseminating insights and know-how across any organization is critical to improving performance, but nonprofits struggle to implement organizational learning and make it a priority. A recent study ...

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As Heather McLeod and Leslie Crutchfield observed in describing the difficulty of creating high-impact nonprofits, social innovators often face obstacles that have nothing to do with their own ...