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Corporate/CSR

How Corporations Can Be Place-Based Change Agents

Whether companies have regional, national, or global operations, they have the opportunity to be at the forefront of driving…

Foundation Strategy, Nonprofits/NGOs, Systems Thinking

The Water of Systems Change

Foundations involved in systems change can increase their odds for success by focusing on the least explicit but most…

Corporate/CSR Economic Development
Best Practices For Developing A Skills-Based Culture
September 26, 2025
Talia Alongi Ajai Scott Scotland Nash
In today's competitive talent landscape, forward-thinking organizations are embracing skills-first approaches that can deliver tangible results like higher-qua…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
Retail’s Tech Transformation: Upskilling Frontline Employees for Next-Gen Careers
August 20, 2025
Chirlie Felix Kimberly Shin Youri Tabet Joel Simon Katherine Townsend Kiernan Ashley Yuan
Retail is one of the largest employment sectors in the U.S., but it faces persistent challenges with turnover, talent shortages, and limited internal mobility.…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
Unreached Employees: Unlocking Opportunities For Your Business and Employees
March 11, 2025
Fay Hanleybrown Megan Linquiti Ulises Trujillo-Rivera Kimberly Shin Michael Webb
Employers—especially large corporations—are investing billions into upskilling their workforce. Despite the proliferation of workforce training programs and an…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
How Change Happens
January 23, 2025
Talia Alongi Alicia Dunn
Human resources leaders and teams have a pivotal role to play in enabling enterprise-wide cultural change
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
Engaging Frontline Employee Voice
January 23, 2025
Talia Alongi Alicia Dunn Scotland Nash
Enabling and listening to employee voice can unlock efficiency, productivity, and innovation
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
Manager Mindsets: Best Practices for Engaging Frontline Managers
January 23, 2025
Talia Alongi Ajai Scott
Best practices for engaging and supporting frontline supervisors in systems change for inclusive talent
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
How AI is Transforming Retail and Opportunity Youth Employment
December 9, 2024
Christine Auwarter Chirlie Felix Ajai Scott Kimberly Shin Robert Wilkes
Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly transforming the retail industry, impacting how retailers engage consumers and run their operations, in…
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Economic Development Foundation Strategy
Leveraging Historic Federal Funding
June 5, 2023
How Do We Collectively Get Ready?
Economic Development Inclusive Markets
Advancing Practice in Catalytic Capital
May 18, 2022
Harvey Koh Catalina Martínez
The impact investing sector has arrived in the mainstream. Major financial services institutions have entered the field, and size estimates of the sector range…
Economic Development Foundation Strategy
Rural America: Philanthropy’s Misunderstood Opportunity for Impact
December 9, 2021
Chris Carlson Joelle Cook
Often overlooked by national funders, rural America faces profound inequities, but also provides an untapped source of innovation. FSG received funding from th…

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