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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…
- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
The Makings of Catalytic Philanthropy
December 13, 2010In many German cities children with a “Migrationshintergrund”, in other words those with an immigrant background, make up 50% of most classrooms. Evidence, suc…
The Student Voice
December 13, 2010Gabriel, my preschool-aged son, just brought home his very first piece of art in which you can actually tell what he was trying to draw. A gun. Barrel, trigger…
Noncommunicable Diseases, Access, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
December 13, 2010Hypertension. Cancer. Diabetes. COPD. Those are all non-communicable diseases (NCDs) traditionally depicted as the privilege of wealthy societies basking in th…
Collective Impact and Big Change
December 7, 2010In Malcolm Gladwell’s recent New Yorker article, “Small Change,” Gladwell suggests that true social change comes from a structured effort in which a central bo…
FSG Alumnus in Western Kenya
December 6, 2010After spending two and a half years at FSG, I moved to Western Kenya to work with AMPATH, a leading health organization that is providing HIV/AIDS treatment to…
Reshaping the World
December 1, 2010The challenges of developing FSG’s new website helped crystallize who we are. We’ve always struggled to explain the different worlds we bridge: philanthropic s…
The potential for mHealth
December 1, 2010A few days ago, I was listening to the energetic CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Todd Park, talk about Text4baby, a text message servi…
What is Keeping CEOs up at Night?
December 1, 2010I attended a speech in Boston a few weeks ago by Daniel Diermeier, a Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at Northwestern University’s Kello…
Ten Years of Social Impact and Change
November 30, 2010Much has changed in the social sector since Michael Porter and I founded FSG as Foundation Strategy Group in 2000. In these ten years, our firm has grown to 75…
Improving PDP Access Planning
November 29, 2010One of my favorite FSG moments was 4 years ago in Karachi, Pakistan conducting research regarding potential new diarrheal treatments for children. My colleague…