News, ideas, research & resources, in social entrepreneurship and philanthropy
📢 News
Has covid-19 proved businesses have a conscience? Many companies have adapted to help tackle the crisis, demonstrating surprising behaviours and structures. There has been a quality of 'hybridity' - mixing characteristics of market, government and nonprofit sectors to promote public good: delivery companies worked with governments to transport medical supplies; cosmetic firms made hand sanitisers; the Ford Foundation issued the first-ever taxable Social Bond to fund nonprofit organisations. But are these changes the product of a crisis, and what lessons can we learn about the design of organisations and the structuring of collaborations for the future? This week we welcomed a new cohort of 40 Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship students. They joined the Marshall Institute, online, from countries including Costa Rica, Nigeria, the United States, Kuwait, Sweden, Ghana, Austria and the UK. We are keen to return to the classroom when possible, but are delighted to report that online teaching has enabled us to facilitate outstanding group presentations by students over the past few months, as well as sophisticated interactions with expert practitioners.
> Behaviour: The moment we noticed
Study: Lessons from the first 100 days of lockdown could help develop a more caring society | The Relationships Project (5 mins)
> Economics: Economics agitator: Mariana Mazzucato Mariana Mazzucato believes governments need to use their power to lead innovation for public good | IMF (5 mins)
Show me the money A social enterprise which has not only survived but thrived since it began, evolving it’s income stream along the way | Flourish (53 mins)
Documentary explores the life and social activism of the late US civil rights activist | CNN Films (96 mins).
🎫(Virtual) Events
10 Sept:The serendipity mindset: the art and science of good luck Can you make yourself lucky? Christian Busch on the secrets behind the hidden force that rules the universe: serendipity | LSE Events
14 Sept: Narrative economics: how stories go viral and drive major economic events
With Robert Shiller, Nobel prize-winning economist and Professor of Economics at Yale University | LSE Events
21-25 Sept:Social Enterprise World Forum Digital
Online activities and events. Speakers include leading global social entrepreneurs. 3,000 participants from over 50 countries
How we need to remake the Internet
Saul Klein, co-founder, LocalGlobe, recommends Jaron Lanier's TED Talk in which he argues for a radical rethink of the Internet | (15 mins)
Marshall Institute's Gauri Chandra on how a non-monetary intervention can foster a commitment to reuse carrier bags | Behavioural Public Policy Journal
1.On Purpose Associate Programme
On Purpose supports those who want to change their careers to work in the social and environmental space. Applications open to 1 Nov
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