Since publishing our first article on collective impact—a structured, cross-sector approach to solving complex social problems—in 2011, we have deepened our understanding of what it takes to ...

In early 2013, funders, environmental educators, and researchers crowded elbow-to-elbow around a 20-year-old redwood forest shelf fungus. On the 23rd-floor conference room of a San Francisco ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover leadership and entrepreneurship through the lens of culture. Can these five criteria enable collaborative change outside ...

I have written of my desire to see more focus by the food and agriculture technology innovation ecosystem on solving today’s problems. I would like to offer the concept of collective impact as an ...

Many of the most-ambitious “collective-impact” efforts under way focus on education. One of the boldest efforts is in Dallas, where the Commit! Partnership aims to double the percentage of students ...