{"product_id":"the-toolbox-isbn-9781119863335","title":"The Toolbox","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransform your corner of the world with strategies from a social change visionary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated nonprofit executive Jacob Harold delivers an expert guide to doing good in the 21st century. In the book, you'll explore nine tools that have driven world-shaking social movements and billion-dollar businesses—tools that can work just as well for a farmers market or fire department or small business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author describes each of the tools—including storytelling, mathematical modeling, and design thinking—in a stand-alone chapter, intertwining each with a consistent narrative and full-color visual structure. Readers will also find:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA consistent focus and emphasis on the work of social good and how it can be applied in any business, government agency, or nonprofit organization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDozens of poems, photos, equations, diagrams, and stories to illustrate and enrich of the core ideas of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA fulsome, three-chapter introduction offering an a crash course in the basics of social impact strategy in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive strategic playbook for contributing to the shared work of building a better world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential blueprint for anyone interested in improving the world around them, \u003ci\u003eThe Toolbox: Strategies for Crafting Social Impact\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive strategic guide that will prove to be indispensable for everyone who seeks to collaboratively build something better.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe box:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 An Age of Flux\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Shape of Strategy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Ethics and Social Change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tools:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Storytelling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e98 Mathematical Modeling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e120 Behavioral Economics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e144 Design Thinking\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e164 Community Organizing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e192 Game Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e216 Markets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e238 Complex Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e258 Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e280 Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e282 Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e284 Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e294 Endnotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e308 Sources and Permissions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e312 Index\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e326 About the Author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom farm to monastery, jail to boardroom, \u003cb\u003eJacob Harold\u003c\/b\u003e's life has been a search for ways to make a better world. He served as CEO of GuideStar, cofounder of Candid, and as a staff leader at the Hewlett Foundation, Bridgespan, Greenpeace, and Rainforest Action Network. Harold studied ethics at Duke and earned an MBA at Stanford. Learn more: \u003cb\u003eJacobHarold.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e36 diagrams, 22 stories, 17 poems, nine tools, five equations, and one goal: a better world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A book with both rigor and hope, it's rooted in experience and brought alive by poetry. If all you have is a hammer, get \u003ci\u003eThe Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDarren Walker\u003c\/b\u003e, President, Ford Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The one resource every socially conscious leader needs…masterfully describes how to deliver impact whether your role is in business, government, or the nonprofit sector.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSteve Goodall\u003c\/b\u003e, Former CEO, J.D. Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Jacob Harold is reinventing social change strategy. In \u003ci\u003eThe Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e, he’s taken centuries of political, military, business, and nonprofit strategy and brought them together…our world needs you to read it and take action.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMinh-Thu Pham\u003c\/b\u003e, Founder, New American Voices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Through inspiring prose and poetry, this book is a must-have for change makers everywhere.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJeff Bradach\u003c\/b\u003e, Co-founder, The Bridgespan Group\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are no easy solutions. Instead, there are tools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential guide for anyone trying to improve our world, \u003ci\u003eThe Toolbox \u003c\/i\u003eoffers clarity and inspiration to leaders at all levels. 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