On December 4-5, 2023, fifty leading practitioners, academics and funders gathered on the Harvard Business School (HBS) campus to discuss their experiences in addressing some of today’s largest and ...

The work of government systems change is complex. It requires understanding historical systems built on an unjust foundation that have been repeatedly broken and put back together again through ...

In recent years, the term “systems change” has taken the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors by storm. While many agree with its central tenets—addressing root causes rather than surface-level ...

Systems change! Just saying the words aloud makes me feel like one of the cognoscenti, one of the elite who has transcended the ways of old-school philanthropy. Those two words capture our aspirations ...

A “one size fits all” approach to large-scale, global problems relies on what’s sometimes called linear or reductionist thinking. But many experts question whether it’s the right approach when it ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Social-change leaders are tackling the world’s biggest challenges from the ground up. By François Bonnici, Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Head, Social Innovation, World ...

In the face of global uncertainty, how are top executives and board members delivering genuine insights for their organizations? The answer is systems thinking: arguably the most crucial skill in ...

Gilbert Gee and Annie Ro depict systemic racism as the hidden base of an iceberg 10 (see illustration in online appendix exhibit 1). 11 The iceberg’s visible part represents the overt racism that ...