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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.
College Access & Economic Mobility
June 8, 2011I’m going to Atlanta in two weeks to moderate a panel at the National Charter School Conference on Practices to Increase College Success and it’s got me thinki…
Sharing is Caring
June 8, 2011As part of our work in building the field and learning more ourselves about the strong force of CSV (Creating Shared Value), the Education & Youth practice has…
From Mindset to Measurement
May 26, 2011It was heartening to hear Peter Brabeck, chair of Nestlé, say this week at their most recent Creating Shared Value (CSV) forum, that Nestlé had not yet cracked…
Creating Shared Value Across Europe
May 24, 2011I really do have the best job in the world. Over the past 2.5 weeks I’ve had the opportunity to speak about Creating Shared Value (CSV) at three different even…
This Week in Global Health
May 19, 2011A lot of recent developments in global health have been sparking discussion around the office. I thought I’d share a couple of the items we’d been talking abou…
The Price of Change
May 19, 2011The cost of catalytic philanthropy was top of mind for donors attending a recent Philanthropy New York seminar on Do More Than Give. They’d heard leaders speak…
Do More Than Own… Share!
May 18, 2011On April 27, I attended a panel on the Future of Corporate Sustainability, hosted by our friends at the San Francisco Net Impact chapter.
Three Cups of…Impact?
May 12, 2011Greg Mortenson, the hero of girls’ education in Pakistan and Afghanistan, recently found himself in the 60 Minutes cross-hairs (see original piece here).
New Name for the Same Old Thing?
May 10, 2011“Catalytic philanthropy sounds good” said a guest attending the Do More than Give event at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.,“but isn’t this just a new word for …
Building Internal Buy-in for CSV
May 10, 2011FSG’s webinar on “Creating Shared Value in Action” prompted dozens of insightful questions from attendees last week. The webinar, held in partnership with the …