This post is first and foremost an invitation and appeal for collaboration. It’s early, raw, and missing lots of pieces. But if any of it begins to scratch an itch, please reach out! It’s been bothering me for a while that we (the Left) see ourselves as working on a series of intersectional, connected issues… Continue reading The Problem is Capitalism
A Waste of Talent: Profiting from the Sidelines
I fell into a rabbit hole of Ray Dalio lectures, based on a friend referencing his latest book. That book outlines the factors/cycles that lead to the rise and fall of global empires and, predictably, doesn’t predict good things for the US. Dalio is clearly a brilliant systems thinker, able to process vast amounts of… Continue reading A Waste of Talent: Profiting from the Sidelines
Theory of Power
This article by Steven Teles and Mark Schmitt in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (the HBR of the non-profit world) does a great job summarizing some eternal truths in advocacy work. It’s nearly impossible to measure the success of your work; Because it’s nearly impossible to isolate and control for the impact of any one… Continue reading Theory of Power
Geoffrey MacDougall 