Social Sector

A 2021 update from the Designing for Social Systems Program By Thomas Both, Nadia Roumani, and Susie Chang Since its founding, the d.school has taken on projects for social good and taught social sector practitioners design thinking approaches. Over the past few years, we, in the Designing for Social Systems…

EPISODE — 3 TRANSITIONING IN HEALTHCARE : EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHTS Our guest today is Sasha who is a twenty-two-year-old from Bangalore. They are genderqueer and have been medically transitioning since 2019. When they are not doing their corporate day job, you can find them listening to BTS, watching queer-themed shows…

The crowdfunding platform thrives on bringing out the emotion in people. Helping them relate to the cause and then invoking in them a desire to contribute for the same. But it’s not easy and for the longest time, brochures and pamphlets, emails and newsletters have been used to convey the…

2020–2021 has been a traumatic time for India and a time when Indian civil society, samaaj, as we refer to them, played a pivotal role. …

There are some terms in the social impact space that are frequently used in different contexts. A few of them are foundational keywords that point to directions and contours of social change. ‘Civil society’ and ‘social sector’ are two examples. While one might be habituated to them, it is worth…

originally published at Campus Co Evolve A different theory of change All masterplans failed me. Fortunately, and unavoidably. When I was a pre-teen, my mom’s master plan for me was that I should become a doctor or a lawyer. …

I do understand the weird nostalgia of some people for the “nuclear family units” because usually the people saying that either were in or imagine themselves as the humble patriarch, going to work, providing well for their family, then enjoying the benefits of well-mannered children. …

Coming out of a nine-month unemployment slump, and after selling chai for over three years, I knew I was taking my chances as a fresher in the development sector. Even though I’m just six months in, I’m more than glad I did. Most people look at NGOs with skepticism. They…