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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
The Power of Precision: How to Reveal What Blocks Health Equity Progress
The journey from surface-level solutions to structural change begins with the courage to confront what lies beneath and the…
- Foundation Strategy
Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders
Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.
The Key to Helping Chile (and Other Nations) Prosper
August 4, 2014Linking private sector investment to Õ¬Äи£ÀûÉç prosperity is not a new idea. Business leaders and politicians alike have touted the benefits of private investment…
First, Fail. Then Climb Higher
July 22, 2014What does rock climbing have to do with Õ¬Äи£ÀûÉç change?Â
What Are Strategies?
July 21, 2014Both the consulting and the Õ¬Äи£ÀûÉç sectors use an awful lot of jargon. We (the authors of this blog included) often assume that everyone in a room has the same…
Developing New Muscles: Communities Foundation of Texas’ Journey in System Fitness
July 6, 2014Three years after making the decision to invest in Dallas’ working poor, guest bloggers Sarah Cotton Nelson and Wende Burton of Communities Foundation of Texas…
What Are We Doing Again?
June 24, 2014Scope Definition in Collective ImpactIf you’ve heard about collective impact, there’s a good chance you also know how collective impact efforts are defined by …
What is Evaluation, Really?
June 16, 2014Over the years, people have approached us with wonderings about what really counts as evaluation.
Lessons in Grassroots Collective Impact
June 16, 2014Let me ask you a question – how often in your collective impact work have you met the community where it is? When was the last time you opened a steering commi…
Untapped Upside: FSG to Release Shared Value in Banking Research
June 10, 2014Planet Money, a show dedicated to economics on National Public Radio (in the U.S.) is often informative and entertaining – but rarely is it shocking.Â
How to Move from Vision to Implementation in Collective Impact
June 5, 2014Forming a steering committee and creating a common agenda is hard work. I know this from personal experience of having supported multiple initiatives in their…
The New Science of Evaluating Collective Impact
June 5, 2014In her seminal book, Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatley takes a stance regarding the kind of leadership that is required in today’s world. She u…