“The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” – Peter Diamandis In 2013, I worked with Barbara Byrd Keenan while she was CEO of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). These are the researchers and scientists who create astronaut food, designer desserts like Twinkies, and who make sure your cabbage isn’t crawling with […]
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Founded in 1991, Living Cities harnesses the collective power of 22 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to build a new type of urban practice that gets dramatically better results for low-income people, faster. Check out their free e-course, The Why and How of Working with Communities through Collective Impact
Child Obesity 180 is experts and leaders from diverse disciplines coming together, generating urgency, and finding solutions to the childhood obesity epidemic. They were one of the efforts demonstrating powerful success that was studied to develop the Collective Impact method. Check out their great 1½ minute video.
The concept of collective impact was first articulated in the 2011 Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Collective Impact, written by John Kania. Kania’s publications are a treasure trove of articles on systems leadership and collective impact. See the list on his company website. You will have to scroll down on this page.
Collective Impact is an emerging methodology for bringing together a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific problem, using a structured form of collaboration. It has emerged from the social sector for addressing complex problems that require a systems approach. But, it has wide application. The term refers
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Taking on a Grand Challenge brings seven key returns: The mission return – A Grand Challenge is the most powerful way to bring your mission to life. The business return – Grand Challenges thrive on business models and generate growth in profitable revenue. The public sentiment return – Grand Challenges shine a favorable spotlight on
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