Impact

What it is and how to make it happen

Kevin Starr,Lasting Impact

http://poptech.org/popcasts/kevin_starr_lasting_impact

Know your mission.

Measure the right thing.

Measure it well.

Donnella Meadows,Thinking in Systems

“If the goal is defined badly, if it doesn’t measure what it’s supposed to measure, if it doesn’t reflect the real welfare of the system, then the system can’t possibly produce a desirable result.”

Traps andOpportunities

Kevin Starr,Lasting Impact

“Measuring well means taking an honest stab at understanding what change you created—what happened with you and what would've happened without you, because your real impact is the difference between the two.”

Impact from a thing

Is it needed?Does it work?Will it get to those who need it?Will they use it correctly?

“Two things will paralyze our creativity faster than anything else:

1. We haven’t defined success.2. We haven’t defined failure.”

Other Frameworks

http://poptech.org/popcasts/kevin_starr_lasting_impact

Impact from a thing

Is it needed?Does it work?Will it get to those who need it?Will they use it correctly?

Needs

Opportunities

NeedsCapacitiesOpportunities

Panthea Lee

Juliette LaMontagne

Juliette LaMontagne