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Building Community Governance for AI

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Lina Srivastava The aftermath of the OpenAI governance controversy revealed the extent to which power has been consolidated by AI tech giants, a situation with dangerous implications for critical aspects of society. To establish effective AI governance, then, is the challenge for civil society organizations and social innovators.

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Making Economic Democracy Work: How to Practice Shared Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Christophe Hautier on unsplash.com Can movement nonprofits create and sustain liberatory and resilient structures, cultures, and practices—and still be effective and efficient in their operations? Participatory self-governance is not easy work. There is still much to learn, uncover, disrupt, and transform. 1 The INCITE!

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The Hollow Prize for Leaders of Color

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But when the (often white) leaders had funder relationships that could allow them to write their own checks, governing boards didn’t ask too many questions. That goes for all types of organizations: nonprofit or for-profit. How should governing boards move beyond performative change? The country’s 33.2 million (9.6

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In other cases, they are organizations, industries, professions, or cultures. The crucial insight,” write governance scholars Christopher Ansel and Jacob Torfing , “is that no single actor has the knowledge, resources, and capacities to govern alone in our complex and fragmented societies.”

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Pro-Black Organizations Lead the Way for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

However, doing so requires most organizations to undergo major shifts in culture and practice. Increasingly able to identify toxic work culture and its negative impact on mental health, many Americans are prioritizing working in environments that support their mental wellbeing, hence the “ great resignation.”

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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

’s governance can be attributed to combining impatience about injustice with patience about strategy—and all the while keeping a relentless focus on securing voice and power for marginalized communities. These challenges are reflected in what’s meant by use of the terms governing power and co-governance.

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Building Public Support for Employee Ownership: Lessons from Colorado

NonProfit Quarterly

While the National Center for Employee Ownership defines employee ownership as “any arrangement in which a company’s employees own shares in their company or the right to the value of shares in their company,” in a worker cooperative, ownership means not just sharing profits, but having a direct voice and vote in the workplace.