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 ...

Todd Williams donated $500,000 to a Dallas schools collective-impact project he volunteered to lead: “If you don’t bring data to the table, you’re nowhere.”Todd Williams donated $500,000 to a Dallas ...

When collections of cells or ant colonies or human societies make decisions as a group, a kind of intelligence that surpasses any individual’s capabilities can arise. The Santa Fe Institute will host ...