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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.
CSR vs. CSV – What’s the difference?
February 18, 2011In response to the recent Harvard Business Review article on Creating Shared Value I wrote with Michael Porter, I’ve received questions about the relationship …
Learning Organizations and Systems Change
February 22, 2011Ever since the publication of Peter Senge’s book, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, organizations in every sector have t…
The Challenge of Changing Perceptions of Vaccines
February 22, 2011After years as an itinerant engineer bachelor my friend, whom we will call him Max, got married last year. He settled down into a little house in the San Franc…
Collective Impact and Place
February 25, 2011Kania and Kramer’s latest piece in the Stanford Social Innovation Review is a great addition to understanding what works in the field of philanthropy. For the …
Unrest in Our Schools
March 2, 2011As protests rage and political powers are overthrown in the Middle East, we are seeing a similar battle ensuing at home. In Madison, New York City and Philadel…
Inching Ahead and Falling Behind
March 4, 2011We’ve been out talking with companies about the Creating Shared Value article – engaging in wide-ranging conversations with experienced corporate foundation an…
Notes from the Field: Diabetes in Mexico
March 7, 2011My colleague Adeeb Mahmud and I just returned from a week in Mexico, conducting research for a client on the diabetes crisis in the country and the landscape o…
Funding & Accountability On A Collision Course
March 11, 2011State by state the dominoes are falling. In Florida, Governor Rick Scott is proposing a $1.75 billion cut in the education budget. In Texas, bills proposing an…
Handsome Is as Handsome Does
March 16, 2011Last week, Corporate Responsibility magazine released its list of the top 100 best corporate citizens. The companies on the list issued dozens of press release…
DoGoodBetter
March 21, 2011This is the first post of the DoGoodBetter blog (which currently lives on www.domorethangivebook.com).