Impact Measurement

I found myself keep sending this paper by Hal Varian to my colleagues, so I might as well write a summary to whet their appetite and appeal to a slightly wider audience. This paper aims to introduce causal inference to readers who are familiar with machine learning and how machine…

Part I: A wake-up call for those who want to reach the nation’s future inheritors — by Caroline Klibanoff, Executive Director, and Kaz Brecher, Innovation Strategist If you’re 22 years old today, you’re becoming a voter, taxpayer, neighbor and consumer in a…

Many of us strive to achieve change but planning and measuring impact can be difficult. I’ve worked with numerous projects seeking to have societal impact and one thing has stood out to me: There is a great deal of confusion around what is meant by ‘impact’ and ultimately this hinders…

This post is part of a series on impact planning. What impact do you intend to have? It’s surprising how often I’ve asked this question and heard responses which are not impacts. Usually they are part of the picture, but they’re missing understanding of exactly what we mean by impact. …

This post is part of a series on impact planning. How do you plan the change you want to have? Do you write it up in a delivery plan? Do you list a series of milestones on a timeline? …

This post is part of a series on impact planning. We’re getting a rough idea of what a impact pathway can look like, but we’re missing some details. In this section, we’ll cover some important parts to include. Using our simple farming technology example from earlier in this series, let’s…

This post is part of a series on impact planning. How do you actually measure change and impact? In this section, we’re going to look at how to make methodical plans to confirm evidence of change. We’re going to start with the details, and move to the overarching thoughts. Continuing…

Gain a better understanding of your company’s impact to drive meaningful societal change, improve decision-making, and build long-term resilience. — Every business has the opportunity to understand and manage its impact using B Lab’s tools, regardless of size or the sector in which it operates. Having a clearer understanding of company data and impact performance allows for more effective decision-making and provides opportunities for businesses to make choices that drive…

B Corp Leaders Share How Their Businesses Go Beyond the Norm to Create Positive Impact — What’s the best thing about being a Certified B Corporation? To celebrate B Corp Month, we posed this question, along with a couple others, to B Corp leaders that are customers of our impact measurement and reporting platform, Unit of Impact. (We’ve got a strong affinity for B Corps: All…