BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL IS NOT AN OPTION
The professionalization of civil society organizations and the work they carry out is an unavoidable process in an increasingly competitive environment. Below, I outline ten reasons why civil society organizations should focus on their own…
THE IMPACT REVOLUTION
“Impact measurement is the key to achieving positive impact through business, but it is also the key to unlocking the full potential of philanthropy.” The rise in social and environmental challenges, together with the growing importance of sustainability…
How will you measure your life?
We would like to reproduce in full an article published by Clayton M. Christensen in Harvard Business Review in 2010. It explores the central argument of his book How Will You Measure Your Life?, which we believe can offer considerable value to…
Creative destruction
A major challenge facing civil society organisations is how to pursue the ideal that brought them into being while achieving efficiency and maintaining control over their own processes. Anyone who has made a decision about their workplace has had to consider its…
Measuring the impact of ideas
We would like to reproduce in full an article published a few years ago, so it can hardly be described as “news”. Nevertheless, we believe it sets the tone and provides guidance for how think tanks should approach fundraising. Far from simply…