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HuffPo: What IDEO.org Can Learn From Bridgespan

Aaron Hurst discusses IDEO.org in his latest HuffPo article
Mar 11th, 2011 Social Impact

This week, IDEO announced they will be spinning out IDEO.org as a standalone nonprofit organization this fall under the leadership of Joceyln Wyatt and Patrice Martin.

IDEO is not the first blue-chip professional services firm to spin off a nonprofit arm. In 2000, Bain & Company incubated The Bridgespan Group with deep financial and human capital start-up support and continues to provide funding and access to technology resources at below-market rates.

So what can IDEO.org, spun off arguably the world’s leading design consultancy, learn from the veteran success stories of their predecessor?

Find out at Aaron’s new Huffington Post blog!
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