Category Archives: Ecosystem Op-Eds

Reimagining Climate Action Through Feedback

The first 2019 Democratic presidential debate agreed more than any group of candidates that came before: our time to address climate change is running out. Air time on such a platform itself is a resounding success for environmental advocates and scientists alike, but if it doesn’t ultimately engage all stakeholders in the decision-making process then these national conversations won’t have the positive impact we intend. You know what we call soliciting opinions from those most affected by an issue? Feedback.

Building a Field Through Connected Networks

In my last post, I talked about Labstorms, and how they have enabled hundreds of organizations across aid, philanthropy, government

Why LabStorms Work

As I hand over the reins to Britt Lake, our new CEO, I would like to reflect a bit on the amazing journey the Feedback Community has been on together over the last few years.

Britt Lake Appointed CEO of Feedback Labs

We are pleased to announce that the Feedback Labs Board of Directors (including Benilda Samuels of Nurse-Family Partnership, Bryan Simmons of ARCUS Foundation, Jean-Louis Sarbib former CEO of Development Gateway, and Nathaniel Heller of R4D) has enthusiastically elected Britt Lake as the next CEO.

What’s In It for Me?’ – Strengthening Accountability of Companies and Local Government through Citizen Feedback in Mining Areas

Liberia is home to some of Africa’s largest mineral resource deposits such as iron ore, gold and diamonds. Yet decades of poor resource governance have ensured these resour

Building the Feedback Movement

In 2018, our 500+ member network…

Closing the Loop on $2.5 billion

As an international development community, we spend upwards of USD $2.5 billion each year on international development program monitorin…

Open Contracting Partnership is Listening

Feedback Labs came into my life a few years ago when I left the World Bank to help build a new organization that could transform the largest market in the world: government contracting.

Can We Make Feedback the Expected Thing?

For two days in early October, I was in a room with over a hundred other people above a converted Greyhound bus depot in Washington D.C..

The Feedback Movement – Complex but not Complicated

Those of us working in social impact are sometimes guilty of throwing around a few jargony words and phrases – “scaling,” “end-user,” “prototy …