Despite increased investments in talent and learning development (L&D), most organizations struggle to provide the metrics that CEOs and business leaders care about most: impact and return on ...

A decade ago, I worked on impact-measurement guidelines for what was then called the venture philanthropy and social investment field in Europe. At the European Venture Philanthropy Association, we ...

Proving the value of employee training means knowing which signals to watch, how to connect them to business outcomes, and building a case that earns budget and backing. Here's how you can measure ...

As the old saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. But of course, what you measure is important too. In this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore how the World Bank Group ...

How can we account more fully for the impact of a faculty member’s research? There are of course the obligatory publications in respected journals with a high impact rating. Official awards from ...

Back in 1970, the economist Milton Friedman famously argued that businesses have a single responsibility: to increase profit. For decades, the so-called “Friedman doctrine” amounted to dogma in ...

Advocating for human rights is tough. Frontline activists put years of dedication and commitment to the deeply held belief that all people deserve a life of dignity. Yet for large human rights and ...

As AI systems become more embedded in core business functions, traditional metrics like precision and recall capture only part of the picture. Measuring ROI now requires a holistic lens—one that ...

Research shows many young children have fallen behind in reading and math. But some educators are worried about stigmatizing an entire generation. By Dana Goldstein Over the past year, Deprece Bonilla ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development has its critics, who argue that its lack of accountability led to its downfall. But this argument not only oversimplifies the challenges of measuring ...