This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we look back on the past 365 days, there’s no denying we live in tumultuous times. 2017 was rife with political and social divide, unrelenting extreme weather and disasters,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Neglected tropical diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect roughly 1.58 billion people worldwide, including an estimated 875 million children. More than 600 million of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In researching her recent book, Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote, Johanna Neuman dug through archives and discovered that the decades-long battle to pass the 19th…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, prospects were looking good for a bipartisan effort in Congress to overhaul federal sentencing. But after long and careful negotiations, one senator almost single-handedly torpedoed the measure: the…
In general, the chief executive’s role is focused on management and working with staff to implement programs and initiatives in support of the mission. The board chair is responsible for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Positive impact AND positive returns? You betcha! Funds investing for social and environmental purposes CAN have positive impact AND positive returns. Financial-first or impact-first? It’s BOTH! We weight social and financial returns…
A fund that started out as an experimental bet on minority-owned small businesses in Detroit is about to get almost three times as big. The backers of the city’s Entrepreneurs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My 30-year career after HBS started as a serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley, followed by 15 years building my own venture fund. Through it, I’ve been privileged to be a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The swinish behavior currently exemplified by Harvey Weinstein is, sorry to say, a constant in history. This is America, where every human problem has a technological fix. So let us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The announcements and pronouncements at French President Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet summit may leave the impression that coal is dead. But it’s too early to count the King out just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deborah Birx, the United States global AIDS coordinator, said that problems with the supply chain that supports the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief signal a need for greater accountability of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new president, catastrophic natural disasters and the #MeToo movement dominated the news in 2017. But what was trending among the community of donors who care about giving with impact?…