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Lauren Brodsky’s “Because Data Can’t Speak for Itself”

How to galvanize leaders and policymakers to action on the world’s most pressing problems? It’s not with a list of numbers. Instead, it depends on telling compelling stories about real people.

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Behind the Book

Behind the Book is a video storytelling series that dives into books authored by HKS faculty. Each video distills one book’s critical insights for a worldwide audience. Produced by HKS Library & Research Services.

 

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Anthony Saich’s “From Rebel to Ruler”

The Chinese Communist Party rose to power thanks to a small band of young men who navigated treacherous political waters. HKS Professor Anthony Saich traces this rise and how it has shaped modern China.

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Jorrit de Jong’s “Agents of Change: Strategy and Tactics for Social Innovation”

HKS Lecturer, Jorrit de Jong, dissects the strategies and tactics that social innovators employ to navigate the risky waters of their institutional environments.
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Malcolm Sparrow’s “The Character of Harms: Operational Challenges in Control”

Sparrow uses his skill in blending the academic and practical to help us decode the complexity and multi-dimensional character of risk and harm reduction.