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Why impact measurement might obscure actual impact

Our impact fund is performing well financially but I can't tell if we're actually creating change or just getting better at measuring things that make us feel good.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The seductive comfort of metrics and data can substitute for genuine engagement with messy, unmeasurable transformation.

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