Organizational capacity for continuous innovation: reflections from a brainstorming session

Last week I attended a meeting at the Rockefeller Foundation’s office in New York convened in partnership with the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. The topic: “organizational ... Read More

Is honesty the best policy?

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Recently I came across an article in Harvard Business Review about the importance of creating a “culture of candor” at any business or organization. “Candor” essentially mean... Read More

Planting the seeds of innovation

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On the BRAC blog, you can see “2011 in review” to get a quick sense of how much was accomplished last year! It’s worth five minutes to appreciate the incredible breadth and depth t... Read More

Evaluate early, evaluate often

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Guest post by Toby Norman (PhD candidate in Management Studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). Toby spent last week in Dhaka exploring opportunities to do his dissertation rese... Read More

Innovation Forum on Urban Poverty: January 2 at 10AM!

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True or False? “Working with urban people is harder than working with rural people.” Informal, lively discussion + brainstorming session. All BRAC staff and affiliates welcome! WHERE: Meeting Room... Read More

Not urgent, but important

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Last week, the Social Innovation Lab has hosted a PhD student, Toby Norman, from Cambridge University who is interested in applying the randomized controlled trial method to BRAC’s delivery acti... Read More

What are the costs of failing to innovate?

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Last month, Asif bhai (Communications and Social Innovation Lab) attended the Summit of the Bellagio Initiative in Italy. He wrote up a reflective piece on the event, summarizing the discussions. Th... Read More

A few reflections on last week’s board meeting

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For those of you who weren’t able to attend the open session (one day of the Board’s discussions were shown in viewing rooms for staff), it was fantastic! I walked away with a much bette... Read More

Big names and ideas in social entrepreneurship

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Particularly in recent years, the term “social entrepreneurship” has gained a lot of popularity. Around the world, people are developing novel approaches to tackle “intractable pro... Read More

Profit or not: how to have an impact at scale

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Paul Polak, who has spent many years working on developing products for those living on US $2 a day, thinks that in choosing strategies to eliminate poverty that don’t generate revenue, far fewe... Read More