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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.
Can 4th Graders Save the World?
July 5, 2011Like many of you, I'm a big fan of TED. As part of my research for my series on creativity and education, I came across musician and teacher John Hunter and th…
Where is the Prius of DVRs?
June 30, 2011The DVR is a fantastic invention. I’ll admit that I have three DVRs in my house and they have transformed how and when my family watches TV. Imagine my alarm w…
NC-What?
June 29, 2011A few weeks ago, I (along with three other FSGers) had the privilege of attending the Global Health Council’s 38th Annual Conference in D.C. This year’s confer…
Musings on the Global Education Movement
June 28, 20112015 is rapidly approaching, and among all of the Millennium Development Goals, we’ve arguably come closest to achieving Goal #2: Universal Primary Education. …
A Turning Point for Business and Society
June 23, 2011Former Medtronic CEO Bill George, who is now a professor and best-selling author on leadership, regularly writes about business and society through his blog se…
TB in Siberia
June 20, 2011Imagine Siberia, swamps, snows and mosquitos, the dark heart of Russian history- prisons and camps and starving farmers. It might be surprising to you that I l…
Engaging Stakeholders, What Works?
June 20, 2011Most conversations about stakeholder engagement and participatory evaluation have shifted from focusing on the question of why to involve stakeholders to how t…
Academic Rigor: A Right, Privilege, or Burden?
June 15, 2011I recently attended a screening of Race to Nowhere, a wide-ranging documentary film that addresses a number of issues related to the increasing academic demand…
CSV vs. Sustainability: The Debate Continues
June 10, 2011…it has always been our intention to be more than a corporation that makes mortgage loans; we wanted to be a force in making positive differences in people’s l…
Evolution, Corporations, and Global Health
June 9, 2011Last week I was at the annual conference of GBCHealth. Who? GBCHealth is the new identity of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malar…