During the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles County officials faced an urgent crisis. They knew that hundreds of thousands of the county’s 10 million residents might go hungry because ...

I’ve studied leftist organizing methods since 1993. And when I was in politics, I studied it in even more depth. I say this as a preface to say that I don’t think we’ve faced a bigger societal ...

Alex “Sandy” Pentland is a pioneer in harnessing network science to understand and change real-world human behaviors. The director of the MIT Connection Science Research Initiative, and creator and ...

The connection between business and society is not a choice—it is a necessity. Having worked in various industries for over 20 years, ranging from manufacturing to tech startups and now consulting, ...

THE LONG-RUNNING debate about the societal role of business is currently generating far more heat than light. Angry attacks on environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities by companies have ...

The Ownership Project explores how structuring ownership of key elements in the economy can help businesses and communities address pressing societal challenges and support human values in the 21st ...

When business leaders are deciding whether to jump into addressing societal issues — with words or deeds — they need to weigh two things: whether and how to act. A new report from BiGS lays out ...

The move towards a cashless society is gaining momentum around the world. Governments, businesses, and consumers are all seeing the benefits of a digital payments system, such as increased efficiency, ...