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A New Approach to Philanthropy: Why the Sector Must Prioritize Systems Change — And How Funders Can Respond

James Militzer

The field of philanthropy has grown in dynamism and innovation in recent years. To better tackle these systemic challenges, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) launched the Shifting Systems Initiative in 2016. It has also catalyzed a more international outlook, since such problems and solutions do not respect national boundaries.

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Focusing Government Service Delivery on a New North Star

Stanford Social Innovation

Policy is only effective if its intended outcome actually reaches the people it’s meant to serve, and thus far, our ability to deliver hasn’t always met our ambition. We must act now to invest in a talent pipeline of technology experts in the public sector. By Jennifer Anastasoff.

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Dignity First: Executive, Enterprise & Economic Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

As we confront the triple, mutually reinforcing challenges of an ongoing pandemic , wrenching social inequity, and the mounting threat of irreversible environmental breakdown, we must acknowledge that these issues are driven by human beings and are, therefore, “a human problem.”1 Doug McMillon is right.