This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you haven’t seen the projections, you’ve probably still absorbed the gist of them: At some point in the not-too-distant future an astronomical number of people will likely be displaced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that black swan shocks are real and disruption is something most businesses and organizations continue to underestimate in their planning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Lives Matter The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others in 2020 mobilized more than 20 million Americans demanding an end to rampant, state-sanctioned violence against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whether an organization is a for-profit or a nonprofit, both in-person and online social channels are needed to connect people to the organization’s mission. Knowing how to effectively leverage these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since fall 2020, researchers at the Center on Reinventing Public Education have studied hundreds of self-organized learning pods that launched during the pandemic. As our latest report shows, most families sought safe…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past few years, wildfires have broken out around the world at a scale rarely experienced by modern humans. In 2020, fires in the western U.S. charred more than 10…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past few years, there have been a lot of urgent conversations about the need to center work on communities, commit to equity, and rethink how systems like philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst megadrought in at least 1,200 years. Groundwater supplies are being overpumped in many places, and the dryness, wildfires…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early 2010s, Apple, Google, and Microsoft began releasing diversity reports that described their company’s employee composition by race, ethnicity, and gender. The data revealed these tech giants hired a disproportionate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are in the midst of an extraordinary period of change in the talent market. The “Great Resignation” is a phenomenon that is impacting every sector and level of talent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a disaster, a range of nonprofits, private individuals, and government agencies often work together to address relief and recovery needs – but there are many moving parts. The Federal…