as the foundation hones its ability to drive positive, long-term change in the face of complexity and uncertainty.

I came into philanthropy at a time when balanced scorecard and other highly quantifiable evaluation metrics were really popular.

And I drank that Kool-Aid.

And I came to this work through an evaluation and a quantitative evaluation specifically lens.

But having been in the work for over 15 years now, I've come to realize that some of the most powerful work isn't easily measurable.

The foundation that I work for, the family that I work for, I think has come to a similar conclusion over the years, partly because of the issues that we are focused on and partly because of the location that we're in.

But a lot of the work that we're doing is at the center of really complex, interrelated challenges.