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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.
New Systems Thinking Tool: Trend Mapping
August 18, 2016This post is a part of a blog series in which we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinking and practice.This mo…
The Art and Science of Place-Based Philanthropy: Themes from a National Convening
August 10, 2016FSG managing director Hallie Preskill recently co-authored an article on new trends in place-based philanthropy.The Foundation Review article “The Art and Scie…
Corporations Can Accelerate Solutions to the Worldwide Refugee Crisis
August 1, 2016The current volume of worldwide refugees is staggering—20 million people are categorized as refugees out of 60 million displaced from their homes according to …
New Systems Thinking Tool: Timeline Mapping
July 14, 2016This post is a part of our systems thinking tools blog series where we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinkin…
New Systems Thinking Tool: World Café
June 15, 2016This post is a part of our systems thinking tools blog series where we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinkin…
5 Leading Practices for Evaluating Ecosystem Investments
June 1, 2016Everyone in philanthropy seems to be talking about how funding programs alone won’t solve big social problems. Many organizations are shifting from program inv…
Tools for Supporting Systems Thinking and Change
April 21, 2016Introduction to tools which support systems thinking work and a matrix that helps clarify when and how to use them.
Putting Systems Thinking into Practice
April 11, 2016Several leading thinkers such as Brenda Zimmerman, Frances Westley, and Michael Quinn Patton (in Getting to Maybe), David Peter Stroh (in Systems Thinking for …
The FSG Story and What Does FSG Stand For Anyway?
February 22, 2016We are often asked how FSG started, what FSG stands for, and how the organization has changed over the years. This post gives an overview of FSG’s history.
Using Rich Pictures to Explore Perspectives in Your Change Initiative
January 25, 2016This blog is a part of our Guide to System Mapping blog series. Think back to the last time you drew a picture. Maybe it was last week when you found yourself …