Business / Nonprofits

Drawing on Canadian case studies, Selling Social offers insight into the successes and challenges regarding social procurement and social purchasing from the perspective of social enterprises.

Behavioral Science in the Wild helps practitioners understand how to use insights from the behavioral sciences to create change in the real world.

This book reveals how negotiation begins before anyone sits down at the bargaining table.

Balancing Acts presents an iterative, democratic, and inclusive approach to social change that is suited to the complexities of the twenty-first century.

Using case studies and best practices as examples of success this book helps managers understand why and how they can embed behavioral insights into the structure and operations of any organization.

Why is leadership not diverse and what can be done about it? Opening Doors to Diversity in Leadership provides evidence and options for businesses to build a more diverse workforce, leadership team and corporate culture.

Creating Healthy Organizations provides an evidence-based, practical guide to strengthening the links between employee well-being and performance in any organization.

A leader’s guide to driving enterprise innovation through the strategic and design-inspired practice of Business Design. Includes valuable frameworks, inspiring stories and practical tools to drive innovation and value creation in any type of organization.

In The Thoughtful Leader, Jim Fisher provides an invigorating, inclusive and positive framework for teaching current and aspiring leaders in all walks of life.

The second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands upon the authors’ ground-breaking examination of organizations founded upon a social mission – social enterprises, non-profits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations.

Can you imagine a choreographer only training one dancer to lead while his or her partner sits in the lobby staring at the wall? Yet we do this all the time in organizations. Half the partnership is missing.

Leadership in the Eye of the Storm is a practical and inspirational guide that helps professionals create opportunity out of chaos. The book's insights are gleaned from the real life experiences of four North American profiled leaders who successfully navigated the epicenter of their own storms.

Achieving Longevity provides a framework for introducing the tools and culture necessary to foster entrepreneurial thinking within an organization, as well as advice on how to overcome common obstacles to corporate entrepreneurship.

Catalytic Governance presents a new governance model for managing transformational change based on engagement, dialogue, and collaborative decision making.

The chapters in this collection offer compelling and candid analyses of the realities of nonprofit funding in Western Canada.