Long-Term Thinking in a Short Form World

Social Good Summit 2030 NOW is unique for two reasons 1. Involving the Global community in solving Global problems 2. Use of Technology and Social Media to unite and create Global citizens

Long-Term Thinking in a Short Form World

This year's SGS is about Thinking Longer-Term, challenging old assumptions. Certainly we live that short-term harried, sound bite, everyone-has-a-camera mindset every day in our business and personal lives. It creates an epidemic where we don't think about sustainable solutions and leads us to jump to conclusions that satisfy a short-term symptom, but leave the long-term root cause unaddressed or festering. This problem of short-term thinking is just as epidemic in the social sector as it is in the corporate and public sectors, for a number of reasons - donors like new and innovative and don't stick to a problem long enough to give it sufficient resources; we often don't execute social programs with enough fidelity (and again,...Read More

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