Rebuilding Broken Systems : Bringing Companies, Governments, Foundations and Nonprofits Together to Save Communities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miszewski, Matt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Insights and practical strategies for businesses, foundations and nonprofits to help create a better world for all In Rebuilding Broken Systems.Bringing Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Together to Save Communities, author Matt Miszewski walks readers through a new approach that holds the promise of building new institutions moored.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

Part 1 The Problem in the Four Forces

Chapter 1 The System Is Broken, but We Can Fix It

OK, That's a Lot

Who Is "We" in "We the People"?

A New Compact: Rebuild on Common Ground

Filling the Institutional Vacuum

Summary and What's Ahead

Chapter 2 Philanthropy in the Billions

Your Grandfather's Philanthropy

Not Your Grandfather's Philanthropy

Forms of Philanthropy

Private Foundations

Community Foundations

Donor-Advised Funds

Family Offices

Challenges to Philanthropic Impact

Clarify and Expand The 5% "Rule"

Reconstruct Limitations to Borrowing

Design for Impacts, Not Outputs

Become Comfortable with Sunsetting

Improve Coordination Among the Community

Change Uber-wealthy "Interference"

Create Personal Impact Portfolios

Philanthropy and AI

Chapter 3 Nonprofits Beyond the Soup Kitchen

Powered by People

To Tax or Not to Tax

Boom Times

Nonprofits as Value Creators

What Is Limiting Nonprofit Success?

The Alignment of Need with Opportunity

Nonprofits and AI

Chapter 4 Government for the People

Downgrading the Government's Report Card

What Went Wrong

Why Trust Matters

Government's Strongest Assets

Financial Resources

Human Resources

Authority

Policymaking

Scale

Areas for Engagement

An Outcome Orientation

The Price of Failure

An Appetite for Change

Government and AI

Chapter 5 The Business of Business Is (Not Just) Business

Pronouncements from On High

Impact on the Ground

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Stakeholder Capitalism vs. Shareholder Capitalism

Workplace and Labor Rights

Business as a Force for Change

ESG Standards

Accelerants and Blockers.

A Very Brief History of American Industry

Agricultural to Industrial Economy (Pre-1900s-Mid-1900s)

Industrial to Service Economy (Mid-1900s-Late 1900s)

Service to Knowledge Economy (1990s-Present)

Anti-DEI Sentiment in the Knowledge Economy (2020s)

Who Our Heroes Are Matters

Tim Cook

Mary Barra

Satya Nadella

Jensen Huang

Fallen Heroes

Winners and Losers

The Unique Capabilities of Business

Corporations and AI

Part 2 The Solution: The Perseverance Playbook

Chapter 6 Radical Rebuilding with Perseverance Groups

Community and Communication as Bedrock

Convening is a Superpower

Laying the Groundwork

Nonprofits

Philanthropy

Government

Corporates

Who Lights the Fuse?

Perseverance and AI

Chapter 7 Creating a Perseverance Group

Guiding Principles and First Things to Get Done

Maturity Modeling

Coalition Building

Governance

Outcome Orientation

What's the ROI of Getting Involved with this Perseverance Effort?

How to Launch a Perseverance Chapter

Step 1: Anchor

Step 2: Talent

Step 3: Target

Step 4: Resources

Step 5. Gaps

Step 6: Details

The First Meeting and Beyond

Many Kinds of Introductions

Getting Down to Business

Solving the Main Unknown

Tips for Doing the Work

Finding Corporate Allies

Uncovering Governmental Gaps

A Unique Role for Foundations

Part 3 Real-World Voices and Next Steps

Chapter 8 Learnings and Lessons from the Field

Chapter 9 Start Small but Start Now!

The Curse of Complacency

Thanks, Tom Peters

Choosing Your Fight

Quit Complaining, Start Coding

It's Your Time

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

EULA.

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ISBN:

1-394-31316-0

9781394313167

OCLC:

1581794463