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End of Year Reflections 2020

“During these unprecedented times…” That’s a phrase I hope to never read again, and not simply because it’s such a cliché. The very notion of an unprecedented crisis invites us to accept that widespread suffering is inevitable when the threat is too large.

Certainly, COVID-19 and... Read more

How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

The corporate social conscience is on display in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders from business, government, and civil society are assembled for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be committed to public-private partnerships that... Read more

Lauren Smith Joins the Business of Giving Podcast

Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, recently joined Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City. The interview also appears on the Chronicle of Philanthropy... Read more

Collective Impact Insights at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Complex social problems require complex solutions that require actors from different sectors to work together to create a common agenda. Collective impact offers a framework for solving these problems and for catalyzing scalable systems change.

Hear from New York Times columnist... Read more

Systems Change Is a Noun and a Verb

There are generally three types of problems: simple, complicated, and complex. Simple problems, such as needing to change a light bulb, can usually be addressed by commonly known solutions that are relatively straightforward to execute. Complicated problems such as... Read more

Advancing Equity, Justice, and a Culture of Collaboration: Insights from the 2019 Collective Impact Convening

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FSG Staff Share Highlights from 2018

We are grateful and humbled to work alongside clients and partners around the globe on a wide range of pressing social impact issues. Below FSG staff share some of their most memorable moments from the past year.

We’re inspired by the positive impact... Read more

To Improve the Lives of Students, Two Communities Learn to Relate Differently

This essay was first published by Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is part of a series written by leading education practitioners in response to a Carnegie Corporation of New York ... Read more

Creating Consensus with Targeted Universalism

A collaborative effort, driven by a diverse group of stakeholders united behind a common goal, can serve as a catalyst for addressing inequities at a systems level. But beneath the unity of purpose, initial disagreement can arise when stakeholders have to decide... Read more

Collective Impact: "A Really Good Thing Happening in America"

In his column in the New York Times, David Brooks writes about StriveTogether and the concept of collective impact that FSG’s Mark Kramer and John Kania named and... Read more

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