You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure
An excerpt from Frontiers in Social Innovation on making ESG metrics trustworthy
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Measurement & Evaluation - Most Popular
New ways to measure and evaluate the impact an organization’s work has on society (more)
Decolonize Data
The social sector too often extracts and siloes data from the communities it supposedly serves.
Finding Meaning in Measurement
Performance measurement can help employees see value and meaning in their work.
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When Scaling Goes Wrong
John List’s The Voltage Effect offers advice for companies looking to hit it big, but does the endless pursuit of scale produce more harm than good?
ESG Investing Needs to Expand Its Definition of Materiality
What will it take to put a real S in ESG?
Fair Accounting
The movement to monetize corporate externalities is feasible, timely, and necessary.
Finding the ‘True Value’ of Food Can Drive Innovation Across Sectors
Identifying harmful externalities in our food systems can make it possible to drive change in sectors as disparate as climate, public health, and poverty reduction.
What ‘Cash Plus’ Programs Teach Us About Fighting Extreme Poverty
Years of implementing, studying, and iterating on cash transfer programs have revealed some important lessons about achieving long-term impact.
SSIR’s 2021 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights from book excerpts published by SSIR online this year on topics including mutualism, grassroots development, breakthrough ideas, racial injustice, and well-being.