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🏛️ Social Sector Innovation

Explorations of creative approaches to solving social problems, from new models of philanthropy and impact investing to grassroots initiatives that reimagine how change happens.
How to Change the World
by David Bornstein • 2013
The method for scaling a social mission from one village to an entire continent.
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2k+
💡 Social Innovation🌍 International Development📈 Scaling Impact🔄 Systems Change👥 Community-Led Solutions
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World 92%
The method for scaling a social mission from one village to an entire continent.
by David Bornstein 2013
3.94
2k+ ratings
💡 Social Innovation🌍 International Development📈 Scaling Impact🔄 Systems Change👥 Community-Led Solutions
Getting Beyond Better
by Roger L. Martin • 2015
Real social change replaces a broken equilibrium with a just one. Here's the strategic process.
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356
🧩 Social Entrepreneurship💡 Social Innovation🔁 Systems Change⚖️ Value Creation Models📐 Scaling Impact
Getting Beyond Better Summary
Getting Beyond Better 91%
Real social change replaces a broken equilibrium with a just one. Here's the strategic process.
by Roger L. Martin 2015
3.93
356 ratings
🧩 Social Entrepreneurship💡 Social Innovation🔁 Systems Change⚖️ Value Creation Models📐 Scaling Impact
Design Thinking for the Greater Good
by Jeanne Liedtka • 2017
Innovate without a big R&D budget: borrowing designer methods that work in the public square.
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50
🧠 Design Thinking🤲 Human-Centered Design🔄 Organizational Change🧪 Prototyping And Testing🤝 Stakeholder Co-Creation
Design Thinking for the Greater Good Summary
Design Thinking for the Greater Good 91%
Innovate without a big R&D budget: borrowing designer methods that work in the public square.
by Jeanne Liedtka 2017
4.00
50 ratings
🧠 Design Thinking🤲 Human-Centered Design🔄 Organizational Change🧪 Prototyping And Testing🤝 Stakeholder Co-Creation
The Power of Positive Deviance
by Richard Tanner Pascale • 2010
Inside every struggling community, a few people are thriving under the same constraints. Find them.
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354
🏗️ Social Innovation🔄 Behavior Change🏘️ Community-Driven Change🔗 Systems Thinking🌍 Global Health
The Power of Positive Deviance Summary
The Power of Positive Deviance 91%
Inside every struggling community, a few people are thriving under the same constraints. Find them.
by Richard Tanner Pascale 2010
4.16
354 ratings
🏗️ Social Innovation🔄 Behavior Change🏘️ Community-Driven Change🔗 Systems Thinking🌍 Global Health
Lean Impact
by Ann Mei Chang • 2018
Lean startup methods can multiply social impact, once we reward experiments over activity.
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370
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship🔄 Lean Startup🏛️ Nonprofit Management🧪 Rapid Experimentation📊 Innovation Metrics
Lean Impact Summary
Lean Impact 91%
Lean startup methods can multiply social impact, once we reward experiments over activity.
by Ann Mei Chang 2018
4.02
370 ratings
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship🔄 Lean Startup🏛️ Nonprofit Management🧪 Rapid Experimentation📊 Innovation Metrics
Do Good Well
by Nina Vasan • 2013
Turn your passion for change into a self-sustaining organization built to last and scale.
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💼 Social Entrepreneurship🌱 Social Innovation🧩 Systems Thinking🏘️ Community Organizing📏 Impact Measurement
Do Good Well Summary
Do Good Well 91%
Turn your passion for change into a self-sustaining organization built to last and scale.
by Nina Vasan 2013
4.03
60 ratings
💼 Social Entrepreneurship🌱 Social Innovation🧩 Systems Thinking🏘️ Community Organizing📏 Impact Measurement
Power to the Public
by Tara Dawson McGuinness • 2021
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
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🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public 91%
Government services fail because they skip users. The fix: design with people, real data, iterate.
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021
3.98
320 ratings
🏛️ Civic Technology📜 Government Reform🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design📈 Evidence-Based Policy💻 Digital Transformation
Social Entrepreneurship
by Ryszard Praszkier • 2011
The secret of lasting social change: stop pushing the system and start shifting its attractor.
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20
🌍 Social Entrepreneurship🔄 Systems Thinking⚙️ Systems Change🤝 Social Capital🕸️ Network Building
Social Entrepreneurship Summary
Social Entrepreneurship 91%
The secret of lasting social change: stop pushing the system and start shifting its attractor.
by Ryszard Praszkier 2011
3.80
20 ratings
🌍 Social Entrepreneurship🔄 Systems Thinking⚙️ Systems Change🤝 Social Capital🕸️ Network Building
Mission Economy
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2020
State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.
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💡 Innovation Economics🏛️ Public Sector Reform🏭 Industrial Policy🤝 Public-Private Partnerships⏳ Patient Capital
Mission Economy Summary
Mission Economy 90%
State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2020
3.85
3k+ ratings
💡 Innovation Economics🏛️ Public Sector Reform🏭 Industrial Policy🤝 Public-Private Partnerships⏳ Patient Capital
The Prosperity Paradox
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2019
Poverty's cure is not aid. It is a business model aimed at people the market ignores.
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1k+
🌍 Economic Development🏗️ Market Creation🔄 Disruptive Innovation📉 Bottom Of The Pyramid🏚️ Poverty Alleviation
The Prosperity Paradox Summary
The Prosperity Paradox 90%
Poverty's cure is not aid. It is a business model aimed at people the market ignores.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2019
4.27
1k+ ratings
🌍 Economic Development🏗️ Market Creation🔄 Disruptive Innovation📉 Bottom Of The Pyramid🏚️ Poverty Alleviation
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets
by Steven H. Goldberg • 2009
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
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22
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets Summary
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets 90%
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
by Steven H. Goldberg 2009
3.41
22 ratings
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
Democratizing Innovation
by Eric von Hippel • 2005
Innovation's hidden engine isn't corporate R&D. It's users, and companies that ignore them lose out.
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👥 User Innovation🔓 Open Innovation📈 Innovation Economics🛠️ Product Development📱 Technology Adoption
Democratizing Innovation Summary
Democratizing Innovation 90%
Innovation's hidden engine isn't corporate R&D. It's users, and companies that ignore them lose out.
by Eric von Hippel 2005
3.62
617 ratings
👥 User Innovation🔓 Open Innovation📈 Innovation Economics🛠️ Product Development📱 Technology Adoption
Innovation
by Mark Dodgson • 2010
Most innovations fail, and the pattern of those failures is not a bug but a design feature.
3.28
190
📚 Innovation Studies🔄 Organizational Change🤖 Technology And Society💥 Creative Destruction🧪 Failure And Learning
Innovation Summary
Innovation 90%
Most innovations fail, and the pattern of those failures is not a bug but a design feature.
by Mark Dodgson 2010
3.28
190 ratings
📚 Innovation Studies🔄 Organizational Change🤖 Technology And Society💥 Creative Destruction🧪 Failure And Learning
Another World Is Possible
by Geoff Mulgan • 2022
Our real scarcity isn't resources: it is the imagination to design a society worth having.
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19
🌐 Social Imagination🏝️ Utopian Thought🔮 Futures Thinking🧠 Collective Intelligence💡 Social Innovation
Another World Is Possible Summary
Another World Is Possible 90%
Our real scarcity isn't resources: it is the imagination to design a society worth having.
by Geoff Mulgan 2022
4.47
19 ratings
🌐 Social Imagination🏝️ Utopian Thought🔮 Futures Thinking🧠 Collective Intelligence💡 Social Innovation
Abundance
by Peter H. Diamandis • 2012
Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.
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🔭 Technological Optimism📈 Exponential Technology🧠 Cognitive Biases🌍 Global Development💡 Innovation Models
Abundance Summary
Abundance 90%
Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.
by Peter H. Diamandis 2012
4.05
12k+ ratings
🔭 Technological Optimism📈 Exponential Technology🧠 Cognitive Biases🌍 Global Development💡 Innovation Models
The Mesh
by Lisa Gansky • 2010
Selling access beats selling ownership. One product, dozens of transactions, and the customers stay.
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🤝 Sharing Economy💡 Business Model Innovation♻️ Circular Economy📦 Product-As-Service🔓 Open Innovation
The Mesh Summary
The Mesh 90%
Selling access beats selling ownership. One product, dozens of transactions, and the customers stay.
by Lisa Gansky 2010
3.66
1k+ ratings
🤝 Sharing Economy💡 Business Model Innovation♻️ Circular Economy📦 Product-As-Service🔓 Open Innovation
The Entrepreneurial State
by Mariana Mazzucato • 2011
The state funded the tech inside every iPhone. The private sector took the credit.
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🏛️ Innovation Policy🧬 Technology History💰 Public Funding🌱 Green Industrial Policy🩺 Patient Capital
The Entrepreneurial State Summary
The Entrepreneurial State 90%
The state funded the tech inside every iPhone. The private sector took the credit.
by Mariana Mazzucato 2011
3.94
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Innovation Policy🧬 Technology History💰 Public Funding🌱 Green Industrial Policy🩺 Patient Capital
Building Social Business
by Muhammad Yunus • 1997
A business that returns your money and not a penny more. It beats charity and it scales.
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2k+
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance🤝 Poverty Alleviation🏗️ Social Enterprise📊 Bottom Of The Pyramid
Building Social Business Summary
Building Social Business 90%
A business that returns your money and not a penny more. It beats charity and it scales.
by Muhammad Yunus 1997
3.98
2k+ ratings
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance🤝 Poverty Alleviation🏗️ Social Enterprise📊 Bottom Of The Pyramid
Where Good Ideas Come From
by Steven Johnson • 2010
Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.
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🧩 Innovation Theory🕸️ Network Theory🍀 Serendipity🌼 Cross-Pollination👐 Open Source
Where Good Ideas Come From Summary
Where Good Ideas Come From 90%
Breakthroughs come from networks, borrowed parts, and gradual insights, not lone geniuses.
by Steven Johnson 2010
3.99
16k+ ratings
🧩 Innovation Theory🕸️ Network Theory🍀 Serendipity🌼 Cross-Pollination👐 Open Source
The Network State
by Balaji S. Srinivasan • 2022
Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?
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1k+
🚀 Startup Societies🌐 Digital Sovereignty⚖️ Moral Innovation🔗 Network Society🔐 Crypto Anarchism
The Network State Summary
The Network State 89%
Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022
3.92
1k+ ratings
🚀 Startup Societies🌐 Digital Sovereignty⚖️ Moral Innovation🔗 Network Society🔐 Crypto Anarchism
Disruptive Innovation
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2011
Leaders fall not to better products, but to simpler, cheaper ones their best customers rejected.
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67
🏢 Corporate Innovation🎯 Innovation Strategy🔒 Organizational Inertia📡 Technology Adoption🔍 Customer Insight
Disruptive Innovation Summary
Disruptive Innovation 89%
Leaders fall not to better products, but to simpler, cheaper ones their best customers rejected.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2011
4.46
67 ratings
🏢 Corporate Innovation🎯 Innovation Strategy🔒 Organizational Inertia📡 Technology Adoption🔍 Customer Insight
The Innovation Blind Spot
by Ross Baird • 2017
Venture capital runs on pattern recognition, a heuristic that hides the best ideas in plain sight.
4.08
295
💰 Venture Capital🌐 Innovation Ecosystems🎯 Investor Bias🗺️ Geographic Inequality🌈 Diversity In Tech
The Innovation Blind Spot Summary
The Innovation Blind Spot 89%
Venture capital runs on pattern recognition, a heuristic that hides the best ideas in plain sight.
by Ross Baird 2017
4.08
295 ratings
💰 Venture Capital🌐 Innovation Ecosystems🎯 Investor Bias🗺️ Geographic Inequality🌈 Diversity In Tech
The Startup Way
by Eric Ries • 2017
Startup speed inside slow giants: turning divisions into labs and failure into fuel.
3.98
4k+
🏢 Intrapreneurship🔄 Lean Startup Methods🏗️ Organizational Transformation♻️ Continuous Innovation📈 Scaling Innovation
The Startup Way Summary
The Startup Way 89%
Startup speed inside slow giants: turning divisions into labs and failure into fuel.
by Eric Ries 2017
3.98
4k+ ratings
🏢 Intrapreneurship🔄 Lean Startup Methods🏗️ Organizational Transformation♻️ Continuous Innovation📈 Scaling Innovation
Citizens
by Jon Alexander • 2022
Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.
4.04
317
🗳️ Participatory Democracy🤝 Civic Engagement👥 Collective Action🏘️ Community Organizing📖 Narrative Change
Citizens Summary
Citizens 89%
Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.
by Jon Alexander 2022
4.04
317 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy🤝 Civic Engagement👥 Collective Action🏘️ Community Organizing📖 Narrative Change
Glimpses of Utopia
by Jess Scully • 2020
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
3.97
110
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia 89%
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
by Jess Scully 2020
3.97
110 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Filmmaking for Change
by Jon Fitzgerald • 2012
Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.
3.27
22
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking💰 Film Funding📦 Film Distribution🌍 Social Impact Media📖 Impact Storytelling
Filmmaking for Change Summary
Filmmaking for Change 89%
Fund, shoot, edit, and distribute documentaries that turn audiences into advocates.
by Jon Fitzgerald 2012
3.27
22 ratings
🎬 Documentary Filmmaking💰 Film Funding📦 Film Distribution🌍 Social Impact Media📖 Impact Storytelling
The Rainforest
by Victor W. Hwang • 2012
Free markets can't build a Silicon Valley. The real secret is engineering trust between strangers.
4.07
238
🌐 Innovation Ecosystems🤝 Social Capital🌱 Business Ecology🧬 Evolutionary Economics🌀 Complexity Economics
The Rainforest Summary
The Rainforest 89%
Free markets can't build a Silicon Valley. The real secret is engineering trust between strangers.
by Victor W. Hwang 2012
4.07
238 ratings
🌐 Innovation Ecosystems🤝 Social Capital🌱 Business Ecology🧬 Evolutionary Economics🌀 Complexity Economics
Smart Cities
by Anthony M. Townsend • 2013
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
3.61
817
🏙️ Urban Technology🔌 Digital Infrastructure🗳️ Civic Technology📊 Open Data🌱 Grassroots Innovation
Smart Cities Summary
Smart Cities 89%
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
by Anthony M. Townsend 2013
3.61
817 ratings
🏙️ Urban Technology🔌 Digital Infrastructure🗳️ Civic Technology📊 Open Data🌱 Grassroots Innovation
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
by Asian Development Bank • 2018
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance⚧️ Gender And Development🏦 Financial Inclusion
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs Summary
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs 89%
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
by Asian Development Bank 2018
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance⚧️ Gender And Development🏦 Financial Inclusion
New Power
by Jeremy Heimans • 2018
Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.
3.81
2k+
🥊 Power Dynamics🌐 Network Society✊ Digital Activism💡 Contagious Ideas🤝 Peer Collaboration
New Power Summary
New Power 89%
Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.
by Jeremy Heimans 2018
3.81
2k+ ratings
🥊 Power Dynamics🌐 Network Society✊ Digital Activism💡 Contagious Ideas🤝 Peer Collaboration
A World of Three Zeros
by Muhammad Yunus • 2017
Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.
3.69
2k+
🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality🌍 Climate Economics🏠 Poverty Alleviation
A World of Three Zeros Summary
A World of Three Zeros 89%
Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.
by Muhammad Yunus 2017
3.69
2k+ ratings
🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality🌍 Climate Economics🏠 Poverty Alleviation
Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz
by David Grayson • 2014
Playbook for corporate changemakers: recruit sponsors, build teams, scale pilot to global operation.
3.5
4
🏢 Intrapreneurship🌱 Corporate Sustainability💡 Social Innovation✊ Employee Activism🧭 Purpose-Driven Work
Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz Summary
Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz 89%
Playbook for corporate changemakers: recruit sponsors, build teams, scale pilot to global operation.
by David Grayson 2014
3.5
4 ratings
🏢 Intrapreneurship🌱 Corporate Sustainability💡 Social Innovation✊ Employee Activism🧭 Purpose-Driven Work
Change
by Damon Centola • 2021
Social change doesn't spread virally. The network margins, not influencers, hold the real leverage.
4.06
940
🕸️ Network Science🦠 Social Contagion💡 Diffusion Of Innovation🏢 Organizational Change✊ Social Movements
Change Summary
Change 89%
Social change doesn't spread virally. The network margins, not influencers, hold the real leverage.
by Damon Centola 2021
4.06
940 ratings
🕸️ Network Science🦠 Social Contagion💡 Diffusion Of Innovation🏢 Organizational Change✊ Social Movements
Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
by Melissa A. Schilling • 2000
Where breakthroughs originate, when to jump in, and why sharing tech sometimes beats protecting it.
3.83
236
🔄 Innovation Management📊 Technology Adoption🔬 R&D Management💡 Organizational Creativity🤝 Collaborative Innovation
Strategic Management of Technological Innovation Summary
Strategic Management of Technological Innovation 89%
Where breakthroughs originate, when to jump in, and why sharing tech sometimes beats protecting it.
by Melissa A. Schilling 2000
3.83
236 ratings
🔄 Innovation Management📊 Technology Adoption🔬 R&D Management💡 Organizational Creativity🤝 Collaborative Innovation
Smart People Should Build Things
by Andrew Yang • 2014
Elite recruiting funnels top grads into finance and law, not startups. The cost, and the fix.
3.79
1k+
🧑‍💼 Human Capital🌱 Startup Ecosystems🔗 Talent Pipelines😬 Risk Aversion🤝 Social Entrepreneurship
Smart People Should Build Things Summary
Smart People Should Build Things 89%
Elite recruiting funnels top grads into finance and law, not startups. The cost, and the fix.
by Andrew Yang 2014
3.79
1k+ ratings
🧑‍💼 Human Capital🌱 Startup Ecosystems🔗 Talent Pipelines😬 Risk Aversion🤝 Social Entrepreneurship
Good To Great And The Social Sectors
by Jim Collins • 2001
The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.
4.05
7k+
🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership🌍 Social Impact🔄 Organizational Change📏 Performance Measurement📊 Data-Driven Decisions
Good To Great And The Social Sectors Summary
Good To Great And The Social Sectors 89%
The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.
by Jim Collins 2001
4.05
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership🌍 Social Impact🔄 Organizational Change📏 Performance Measurement📊 Data-Driven Decisions
The Business Model Navigator
by Oliver Gassmann • 2013
Nearly every breakthrough business model remixes the same 55 patterns. A method for finding yours.
4.10
455
🏗️ Business Model Innovation🏢 Corporate Innovation🔧 Innovation Frameworks🧩 Business Patterns🧪 Business Prototyping
The Business Model Navigator Summary
The Business Model Navigator 89%
Nearly every breakthrough business model remixes the same 55 patterns. A method for finding yours.
by Oliver Gassmann 2013
4.10
455 ratings
🏗️ Business Model Innovation🏢 Corporate Innovation🔧 Innovation Frameworks🧩 Business Patterns🧪 Business Prototyping
What Would Google Do?
by Jeff Jarvis • 2009
The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.
3.87
11k+
🌐 Internet Business🏗️ Platform Economics🔓 Open Systems👥 Crowd Wisdom🆓 Freeconomics
What Would Google Do? Summary
What Would Google Do? 89%
The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.
by Jeff Jarvis 2009
3.87
11k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Business🏗️ Platform Economics🔓 Open Systems👥 Crowd Wisdom🆓 Freeconomics
Handbook for a Positive Revolution
by Edward de Bono • 1991
A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.
3.23
115
🏛️ Social Change🎯 Personal Effectiveness👁️ Perception And Reality🛠️ Constructive Action💡 Creative Thinking
Handbook for a Positive Revolution Summary
Handbook for a Positive Revolution 89%
A revolution without enemies: five principles that turn personal effectiveness into global change.
by Edward de Bono 1991
3.23
115 ratings
🏛️ Social Change🎯 Personal Effectiveness👁️ Perception And Reality🛠️ Constructive Action💡 Creative Thinking
The Innovator's Solut!on
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2003
The exact playbook for making your next growth initiative a 37% winner, not a 6% also-ran.
4.06
14k+
🌀 Disruptive Innovation🧭 Innovation Strategy👁️ Customer Insight🌱 Market Creation🏗️ Organizational Design
The Innovator's Solut!on Summary
The Innovator's Solut!on 89%
The exact playbook for making your next growth initiative a 37% winner, not a 6% also-ran.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2003
4.06
14k+ ratings
🌀 Disruptive Innovation🧭 Innovation Strategy👁️ Customer Insight🌱 Market Creation🏗️ Organizational Design
Here Comes Everybody
by Clay Shirky • 2008
Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.
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🖥️ Internet Culture📱 Digital Sociology✊ Collective Action🕸️ Network Effects🤝 Peer Production
Here Comes Everybody Summary
Here Comes Everybody 89%
Forming a group just became free. That doesn't upgrade institutions; it upends them.
by Clay Shirky 2008
3.78
7k+ ratings
🖥️ Internet Culture📱 Digital Sociology✊ Collective Action🕸️ Network Effects🤝 Peer Production
Toxic Charity
by Robert D. Lupton • 2011
How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.
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5k+
📉 Charity Critique💰 Microfinance🏘️ Community Development✝️ Christian Missions🏙️ Urban Ministry
Toxic Charity Summary
Toxic Charity 89%
How to stop hurting the people you want to help: swap handouts for dignity and investment.
by Robert D. Lupton 2011
3.94
5k+ ratings
📉 Charity Critique💰 Microfinance🏘️ Community Development✝️ Christian Missions🏙️ Urban Ministry
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
3.83
1k+
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures🤝 Collective Action🏘️ Localism
Team Human Summary
Team Human 89%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures🤝 Collective Action🏘️ Localism
Mapping Innovation
by Greg Satell • 2017
Not every innovation problem needs disruption. The map for picking the strategy yours does.
3.90
240
🏢 Corporate Innovation🗺️ Innovation Strategy💥 Disruptive Innovation🌐 Open Innovation📋 Business Model Design
Mapping Innovation Summary
Mapping Innovation 89%
Not every innovation problem needs disruption. The map for picking the strategy yours does.
by Greg Satell 2017
3.90
240 ratings
🏢 Corporate Innovation🗺️ Innovation Strategy💥 Disruptive Innovation🌐 Open Innovation📋 Business Model Design
Open Innovation
by Henry Chesbrough • 2003
The old R&D model is dead. Ideas come from everywhere. Companies that don't open won't survive.
3.87
303
🔧 Innovation Management🧩 Business Model Design📜 Intellectual Property Strategy🔄 Technology Transfer💡 Knowledge Economy
Open Innovation Summary
Open Innovation 89%
The old R&D model is dead. Ideas come from everywhere. Companies that don't open won't survive.
by Henry Chesbrough 2003
3.87
303 ratings
🔧 Innovation Management🧩 Business Model Design📜 Intellectual Property Strategy🔄 Technology Transfer💡 Knowledge Economy
Overcrowded
by Roberto Verganti • 2016
Ideas are everywhere; meaning is scarce. Winning requires love, not just better answers.
3.83
122
💡 Innovation Strategy🎨 Design Thinking🧭 Purpose-Driven Business✨ Meaning-Making🔧 Jobs To Be Done
Overcrowded Summary
Overcrowded 89%
Ideas are everywhere; meaning is scarce. Winning requires love, not just better answers.
by Roberto Verganti 2016
3.83
122 ratings
💡 Innovation Strategy🎨 Design Thinking🧭 Purpose-Driven Business✨ Meaning-Making🔧 Jobs To Be Done
Cascades
by Greg Satell • 2019
Why revolutions succeed: not a few influencers, but ordinary people in a network built to spread.
3.86
121
🔄 Organizational Change🌊 Movement Building✊ Social Movements🕸️ Network Science🤝 Coalition Building
Cascades Summary
Cascades 89%
Why revolutions succeed: not a few influencers, but ordinary people in a network built to spread.
by Greg Satell 2019
3.86
121 ratings
🔄 Organizational Change🌊 Movement Building✊ Social Movements🕸️ Network Science🤝 Coalition Building
Digital Dead End
by Virginia Eubanks • 2011
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
3.86
72
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Digital Dead End Summary
Digital Dead End 89%
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
by Virginia Eubanks 2011
3.86
72 ratings
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Resilience
by Andrew Zolli • 2012
Why coral reefs recover and banks collapse: the hidden architecture of resilience.
3.62
777
🧩 Systems Thinking🔄 Resilience Science🧠 Cognitive Diversity🧭 Adaptive Leadership🤝 Community Engagement
Resilience Summary
Resilience 89%
Why coral reefs recover and banks collapse: the hidden architecture of resilience.
by Andrew Zolli 2012
3.62
777 ratings
🧩 Systems Thinking🔄 Resilience Science🧠 Cognitive Diversity🧭 Adaptive Leadership🤝 Community Engagement
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red 89%
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
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