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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

If our government's fundamental nature and logic are not transformed, such progress can never truly be sustained. Piecemeal responses will be chipped away, from administration to administration. But to make these success stories ubiquitous means building a government and economy that would support such outcomes.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration. What, then, can be done to encourage boundary spanning?