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- Foundation Strategy
Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy
Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…
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- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
Board Member Reflections on the MetroWest Health Foundation’s Strategic Planning Process
May 29, 2018For the past 20 years, the MetroWest Health Foundation has served as a catalyst for a healthy MetroWest region, providing over $5 million in annual financial s…
Rewiring Employment in a New Age
May 23, 2018An employment crisis is brewing. Recent research on the impact of artificial intelligence and automation estimates that there will be 38 million jobs lost in t…
What Corporate Leaders are Saying about the Business of Gender Equity
May 17, 2018In the age of #metoo and #timesup, companies are eager to strategically consider how best to strive for gender equity within their organizations. Moving beyond…
How Evaluation Supports Systems Change
April 27, 2018Over the past few years, we’ve supported a growing number of foundations in adopting a systems change approach to creating social change.
You Can’t Make Change out There, if You Don’t Make Change in Here
April 11, 2018As foundations embrace ever more ambitious and complex approaches for creating social change, they are taking an intentional approach to rethinking their organ…
The Right Way for Companies to Publicize Their Social Responsibility Efforts
April 3, 2018“Why don’t we get credit for all the good things we do?” the CEO of a major global corporation asked me recently. After all, the company has innovative and imp…
Discussing Systems Leadership with the Hunger to Health Collaboratory
March 30, 2018This week, I was honored to participate in the Hunger to Health Collaboratory event at the Boston Public Library. This cross-sector effort is convening leaders…
It’s Time for Companies to Imbed Social Purpose in their Business Strategy
March 27, 2018I have an enormous amount of optimism about the role of companies in achieving social change. We are in a moment. In 2018, the opportunity for companies to pos…
How The Dow Chemical Company Connects Citizenship and Business Opportunity
March 21, 2018Rob Vallentine leads The Dow Chemical Company’s social impact work. Rob began working with FSG in 2016 to connect the company’s business goals to its social im…
New Research Study: When Collective Impact Has an Impact
March 13, 2018FSG is excited to share a new study conducted by a research team from ORS Impact and Spark Policy Institute: When Collective Impact Has an Impact.This study wa…