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Winter 2015

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Winter 2015

Volume 13, Number 1

The winter 2015 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review features a cover story, “The Dawn of System Leadership,” written by noted management and organizational thinker Peter Senge (author of the best-selling book The Fifth Discipline). In the article Senge and his co-authors argue that organizations need a new type of leader, one who can collaborate, build consensus, and foster what they call “collective leadership.”

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Features

Essentials of Social Innovation

The Dawn of System Leadership

By Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton & John Kania 33

The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.

Nonprofit Management

Bridge-Building for Social Transformation

By L. David Brown

Well-designed structures of multi-stakeholder collaboration can achieve not just positive impact but long-term, systemic change.

Scaling

What’s Your Endgame?

By Alice Gugelev & Andrew Stern 5

Nonprofit leaders who ask "How do you scale up?" are most likely posing the wrong question.

Inclusive_Innovation

Socially Responsible Business

The Hidden Pitfalls of Inclusive Innovation

By Raghav Narsalay, Leandro Pongeluppe, & David Light 1

What business leaders need to know to create successful products and services for the poor in emerging markets.

What’s Next

Environment

Airport Buzz

Amid landing strips and airline terminals, threatened bee species are finding a much-needed new habitat.

Government

Scrappy Solutions

By Suzie Boss 4

A new regulation in Massachusetts aims to direct food waste away from landfills and toward more productive uses.

Technology & Design

Circulating the Internet

At two big-city libraries, patrons can check out a new approach to accessing a wide range of digital technology.

Environment

Taking Flight for Conservation

By Suzie Boss 1

Despite their somewhat ominous reputation, drones are proving to have a wide range of beneficial applications.

Field Report

Arts

Growth Stage

By Adrienne Day

A novel artistic strategy and a novel ticket-pricing model distinguish Signature Theatre from its counterparts on and off Broadway.

Government

Finding a Niche

By Juan Manuel Restrepo

In Colombia, the Center for Social Innovation is exploring how much government can do to facilitate social change.

Economic Development

All in One Place

By Kathryn Peterson 1

Single Stop USA provides low-income Americans with a convenient gateway to a wider range of services and benefits.

Case Study

Nonprofit Management

Planned Performance

By Lee Green, Margot Fahnestock, & Jason Blau

Here's how the International Planned Parenthood Federation is working to build a new global performance culture. Includes magazine extras.

Viewpoint

Collaboration

Feeding Relationships

By Charles E. McJilton 2

Social capital has enabled Second Harvest Japan to overcome cultural resistance to its operating model. Includes magazine extras.

Cities

An Absorbing Problem

To help low-income residents, urban communities need to build up their capacity for using investment capital effectively.

Socially Responsible Business

Cuban Remix

By Julia Sagebien & Eric Leenson 2

In measured but far-reaching ways, a state-controlled economy is opening a space for socially responsible enterprise.

Philanthropy

Known Quantity

By Achilles Kallergis & Alexandre Lambelet 2

To be effective, the work of philanthropy should be not just innovative but also cumulative.

Research

Business

Brands as Targets

By Adrienne Day

Companies with a high profile are more likely to become the focus of anti-sweatshop protests.

Education

Learning From Charter Schools

By Adrienne Day

What happens when educators transplant successful practices from the charter sector to the public school system?

Civil Society

The Strong Effect of Weak Ties

By Adrienne Day

Social connections help drive protest mobilization—as long as those connections aren't too close.

Food

In Aid of Conflict?

By Adrienne Day 1

International food assistance can lead to a spike in the occurrence of armed conflict within a country.

Book Reviews

Review

Government

Nuance in Government

Review By Peter A. Ubel

A leading public intellectual, fresh from government service, explores the complexities of cost-benefit analysis.

Review

Environment

A Climate of Mind

Review By Andrew J. Hoffman 9

People tend to avoid reckoning with climate science—for reasons that have little to do with science.

Review

Philanthropy

How Giving Keeps on Giving

Review By Kieran Healy

Those who engage in altruistic behavior reap benefits that are significant and measurable, two sociologists argue.

Review

Health

Design or Disrupt?

Review By Gabriella Rosen Kellerman 1

The Mayo Clinic achieves patient care improvements through innovation that is incremental rather than disruptive.

Last Look

Arts

You Go Girl

The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has produced more than 3,600 murals throughout the city.

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