Working on vs. Solving - Anastasia Gamick
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General Managers get the job done
Very few organizations are actually designed to solve a problem, rather than just work on it. Most of the institutional infrastructure in philanthropy is designed for working on problems — funding research, publishing roadmaps, building fields, coordinating grantees. Consider these mission statements: Red Cross: “prevents and alleviates human suffering” MSF: “brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion” WWF: “to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats” Save the Children: “to give children a healthy…
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