Businesses used to play a large role in their communities. In small towns, villages, and neighborhoods, business owners and managers lived among their customers, suppliers, and workers. But somewhere ...

Big companies are most likely to give to charity or undertake other social-responsibility efforts because they want to fight national or global problems, according to a new study by Weber Shandwick, a ...

Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society’s biggest problems? In this Ted Talk, Michael Porter admits he’s biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear ...

As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.

From self-driving cars to virtual assistants, AI has already significantly impacted our daily lives. Perhaps AI’s biggest potential lies in its ability to tackle some of the world’s most pressing ...

Except for Patagonia, the social impact of brands isn’t getting noticed by consumers. Whenever I ask students or other groups of people which companies they consider to be social impact leaders, they ...

Dr. Kevin M. Passino was my doctoral research adviser at the Ohio State University, where I did my PhD. As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that control systems – and systems science in ...

Understanding why some people trust scientists more than others is a key factor in solving social problems with science. But little was known about the trust levels across the diverse range of ...

For over two months, 50 teams representing 34 nationalities competed for a spot in the top ten of the World Data League (WDL) – a quest to find long-lasting solutions for social-oriented problems ...

In coaching others, I often discuss problem-solving strategies to help individuals think creatively and consider many options when they are faced with challenging situations. Problem solving 1-2 ...