Hurling and Community Service

 

W05 Reflection

This week we discussed the theory of change and how activities of an organization creates long-term outcomes. We learned about  how to achieve outcomes and impact when it comes to social innovation.  Article on measuring improving results focused on social impacts for the investor.  5 questions investor should ask are: what you invest, how do you address the problem, what steps will you take, how do you measure it, and how to increase your impact.

 Kevin Stars lasting impact made me rethink mission statements in a different light. The company I work for has a lengthy mission statement that as Kevin would say is a lot of blah blah blah.  A unified mission statement that is 8 words or less describing a verb, the people you want to impact, and the long-term outcome makes a lot of sense to me. In our next management meeting I hope to get a few minutes to address our mission statement and what we can do as a company to simplify it.

Article on starfish and hurling is one I've had to read several times this week. I've always I liked the idea of helping one person at a time as you are able so the starfish story has always been meaningful to me. Keith Morton is very cynical of the starfish story so reading his article over and over helped me understand his point analyzing the situation before jumping in and helping.