If poverty, violence and trauma are wily, shape-shifting (i.e., “wicked”) social problems , how do we even begin to craft solutions? Stanford Social Innovation Review just posted To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked, co-authored by Cindy Gibson, FFI founder Katya Smyth, Gail Nayowith, and Jonathan Zaff
on the necessity of recognizing complexity if we’re ever going to actually make headway on big problems, and the reality that nonprofits are necessary– but not sufficient. It’s a response to a recent piece, also in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, by Bill Shore, Darell Hammond, and Amy Celep (When Good is Not Good Enough) which calls on nonprofits to embrace “big solutions to big problems.” Please take a look, make a comment on the SSIR web site and join the conversation!
