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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.
What Are Social Norms and Why Do They Matter for Girls?
October 9, 2015This post was written in honor of the 4th International Day of the Girl, celebrated on October 11, 2015.
How Do You Scale a Social Enterprise?
October 7, 2015FSG’s inclusive markets team works to develop and scale inclusive business models to create new opportunities and better lives for the global poor. The inclusi…
The Equity Imperative in Collective Impact
October 6, 2015In the first post of a 3-part blog series from Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG’s John Kania and Mark Kramer discuss the critical dimension missing from …
What to Stop Doing—Immediately
October 5, 2015As we are learning more about our audience through feedback on our recent survey and other channels, we’re hearing that social impact practitioners like you ha…
Five Tips for Crafting Your Social Change Initiative
October 2, 2015Earlier this month while campaigning in New Hampshire, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a strategy calling on states and communities to develop plans that woul…
Is Collective Impact the Right Approach?
September 30, 2015No one can deny that collective impact as a core concept has caught the nonprofit field by storm. Everywhere you look, communities are coming together to set a…
New Resource: Corporate Societal Engagement Strategy Toolkit
September 28, 2015If you’re responsible for corporate societal engagement at your company, if your title is president of your corporate foundation, or VP of CSR, or Director of …
Why Aren’t All Companies Creating Shared Value?
September 25, 2015“If so many so-called win-win opportunities for companies exist, why haven’t more been taken?” poses New York Times contributor Eduardo Porter in a September 8…
An Introduction to System Mapping
September 21, 2015Much has been written recently about the importance of using a system lens, or focusing on system change, to make real progress against some of society’s tough…
Advice from 4 Shared Value Leaders
September 17, 2015In a recent blog, FSG’s Kyle Peterson discussed the 3 common traits that he’s observed in many of the shared value leaders we’ve gotten to know over the years…