Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

Socially Responsible Business

Leveraging Corporate Responsibility: The Stakeholder Route to Maximizing Business and Social Value

Business

Conformists Boost Creativity

The ideal team needs both creatives and conformists.

Philanthropy

A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy

The outgoing president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation reflects on the importance of strategic philanthropy.

Technology & Design

Data for Change

Data Without Borders matches tech-savy volunteers with organizations instead of data analysis.

Health

Better Health Care, Higher Productivity

By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.

Environment

Shrinking Your Plastic Footprint

Getting companies to reduce their use of plastic is the focus of the Plastic Disclosure Project.

Economic Development

An Agricultural Peace Dividend

In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.

Economic Development

Can Financial Citizenship Begin at Birth?

The Financial Access at Birth initiative aims to place $100 in an electronic savings
account for every child born in the world.

Civil Society

Pluralistic Leadership

Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz makes a passionate argument that leadership is not reserved for the minority.

Civil Society

Chinese Community Development

Government authorities are experimenting to build citizen trust.