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More U.S. consumers now believe that individuals, not the government, are responsible for tackling society's problems, according to the global 2012 Edelman goodpurpose® Study. It's the the first time in the study's five-year history that a country's respondents have looked to everyday innovators...

Last week we introduced the first in a series of interviews covering open source thinking over at Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), and today we're bringing you the second. Again moderated by two of our favorites, Roshan Paul and Alexa Clay, this week's interview is all about health care...

This is the third and final in a series of interviews where we speak with leading innovators who are appropriating lessons from open source thinking—once purely the domain of the software engineer—for social change. Casey Fenton is co-founder of CouchSurfing and an Ashoka Fellow in the United States...

Since her appointment as director of Ashoka’s new Scandinavia office, Maja Frankel’s schedule has been a flurry of travel throughout Northern Europe. Last week, it was Norway; this week, Denmark; next week, back to her home base in Stockholm, Sweden, where the new office is located. In Copenhagen...

“In today's world, where everyone is so interconnected and interdependent, it is simply essential that we work for each other's success. If we're going to solve the biggest, thorniest, and most widespread problems in business and society, we have to innovate in ways that truly matter.” —Samuel...

Since 2010, the Europ Assistance Group (EA) has made social entrepreneurship its leading commitment in the Corporate Social Responsibility field. Today, 10 Group companies are actively involved in selecting and supporting top social innovators in Europe, in partnership with Ashoka France, to advance...

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and the rate of change accelerates, new organizational models are fundamental to an organization’s ability to remain competitive and relevant. When organizations empower fluid and open teams with distributed accountability and decision-making, the...

According to the Gallup management journal, an astounding 73% of American workers are disengaged with their work. They're either "checked out," just sleepwalking through their work day, or worse, actively undermining the company and costing hundreds of billions each year. Any corporation that can...