We See What We Are Looking For — But What Are We Missing?

How we look drives what we do. In business, we like to believe that decisions are driven by data, strategy and evidence. But before we analyse data, we decide what to look at. What gets our attention gets resources. What gets measured gets managed. What gets funded gets developed. And what we don’t look for…

Can Business Help Vulnerable Communities Break Free from Poverty? ( series #14)

We often hear the phrase: “Treat your social project like a business.” The trend is around impact investments. It’s advice that sounds smart — efficiency, clear goals, measurable results. But when we’re talking about holistic regional change in vulnerable geographies, is business thinking enough? The short answer: Yes… but only if we redefine what “business-like”…