The groundwater theory goes like this. Let’s say you have a lake in your backyard, and you find one fish floating dead in that lake. You would assess the fish. What’s wrong with it? Now apply that to one child failing in the education system. You might ask did that student study enough? Are they […]
Everything impacts everything in some way. This is an agreed upon concept, often referred to as system thinking, that is pretty basic to understand. And is often completely left behind in corporate philanthropy. When you somehow contribute to a community, or an organization, or an issue, that issue isn’t the only thing impacted. Tons of […]
You invest in the market, in local businesses, in your employees. But what about the community? So often, when we think about philanthropy, our minds go to charity. We are giving back to the community out of the kindness of our hearts. It feels good, it looks good, it’s the right thing to do. We […]