This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like many executives in new roles, I started at the Lenfest Institute with a listening tour. While I was struck by the commitment and resourcefulness of my new colleagues in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The risk of another pandemic is high. Our 21st century way of life increases this risk. Climate change, intensive farming and international travel, enable diseases to spread across the world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret that fast food workers frequently encounter disruptive or even abusive customers: Just last month, a video of a chicken nugget “standoff” went viral, featuring a customer who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From staffing shortages to stumbles with school-based COVID testing, Chicago Public Schools has faced a number of challenges as it reopened campuses this fall. The city’s board of education heard a rundown of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With our planet heating, climates changing radically, and savage consequences accelerating, every organization must adapt by changing how it does business. With climate change in mind, the new Project Drawdown…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. These are not the same thing. And…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Covid-19 reminded the world just how crucial effective communication is in a crisis. Public health communicators have been on the front lines of the pandemic for nearly two years, wrestling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the advantages of vertical integration are clear in the private sector, many of them also apply to philanthropy. Early signs of vertical integration are quietly beginning to surface among…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Throughout the continental United States, people of color are more likely to be exposed to air pollution than white people, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For people with post-traumatic stress disorder, recalling memories of physical or sexual assault, combat or disaster-related events can induce intense anxiety or panic attacks as well as debilitating flashbacks. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Your country and mine are suffering from literal floods (1.5 meters of water in my home as I write this!) as well as a flood of bad news, so I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gender lens investing — using capital to alleviate the economic plight of women and girls — is gaining steam. From being a blip on the screen a mere two decades ago,…