Nonprofit and Social Sector

Monitor works with nonprofit and social sector organizations that are engaged with some of the biggest and most complex social issues of our day. We help nonprofits make innovative, step-function changes in their mission-related performance.

In recent years Monitor has worked on over 100 nonprofit-related projects around the world. We leverage our resources to amplify and accelerate the public benefit created by innovative private actors -- citizens, nonprofit organizations, philanthropists, and corporations. We help to transform how complex social issues are addressed.

Growth Scenarios: Tools to Resolve Leaders' Denial and Paralysis

By Jonathan Starr and Doug Randall

Businesses increasingly realize that significant growth opportunities are unlikely to come from incremental change.

Just-in-Time Executive Development

By Bernie Jaworski and Mike Morrison

Learning what, when and where it's needed.

Energy Strategy for the Road Ahead

Scenario Thinking for Business Executives and Corporate Boards.

Impacts of Climate Change

By Nils Gilman, Peter Schwartz, Doug Randall

Climate change is a real and growing problem for the United States and for the world.

The Future of Public Primary School Education

By Gerald Harris

The long-term global competitiveness of the United States is directly tied to the success of its public education system.

What If? The Art of Scenario Thinking for Nonprofits

By Diana Scearce, Katherine Fulton

Scenario thinking is a tool for motivating people to challenge the status quo, or get better at doing so.

A Strategic Approach to Overhead Management

Josh Lee and Margaret Covell Overhead is a significant source of financial and managerial headaches for businesses around the world, but perhaps only because most firms lack a plan or system for managing the spending for greater value, writes Josh Lee, a Partner of Monitor Group, in “A Strategic Approach to Overhead Management.” Read more