Society and business relations

Automation and AI can free up staff in fundraising, communications, finance, and service delivery efforts.

They’re a reminder that mastery, membership, and meaning are the best motivators.

It’s a resurgence other countries should understand before copying.

You can't establish credibility without building trust, but trust takes time to develop. What can you do if you don't have time on your side?

If you are the leader of a large organization (or only of yourself) who cares about improving the world, here’s a question you should consider: How will you participate in the global solution networks that are increasingly managing to address the world’s problems? A global solution network is a group of independent parties that have […]

Despite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far.

Why is it that effective business start-ups frequently grow into corporate giants, but effective new nonprofits rarely reach national scale? Because,...

Crunching numbers is only half the battle.

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge, the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. Reimagining...

Markets are emerging for social problems. Consider these numbers: $158 billion = size of the low-income health care market $332 billion = size of the low-income housing market $2.90 trillion = size of the low-income global food market And there are other unformed markets that cut across income levels: For example, what’s the size of […]

Cost control and risk management have been crucial.

When evaluating American firms, the public places a significant emphasis on the treatment of workers.

Employees are constantly in motion—making sales calls or taking service trips; visiting an international office for a few days or relocating there for a few years; soaring across oceans in the corporate jet or heading across town in the company car. Typically, these activities are administered by an assortment of departments and vendors. But we […]

It’s the only challenge that gets harder as they scale.

Most businesspeople will serve on the board of a nonprofit organization at some point. But the governance of nonprofits can differ dramatically from the governance of businesses. Even the best intentions can prove disastrous when new board members fail to understand that their traditional business experience can carry them only so far.

Stop thinking “public service announcement.”

New research on the skills gap.

To maintain worldwide competitiveness, the West must adopt strategies achieve a balance between productivity and welfare goals

Across society, volunteerism has been stagnant or trending slightly downward in recent years. In the corporate world, however, it has been on the rise....

Just ban them.