#101: The Housefly Formula for Making Effective Change: Pip Coburn and Brynne Thompson

A few years ago we were doing some active consulting work with a handful of amazing not for profits. This work was so interesting and so valuable for all the reasons you can imagine: applying skillsets honed in investing that actually help real people with real problems, getting to know a whole host of new brilliant people from other sectors, but also, because, standing in these two worlds, one foot in one, one foot in the other, revealed greatly where the thinking in their industry overpronated on intentionality and goodwill, at times, and when the thinking and m.o. in our industry overpronated on exertion and knowledge building at times. 

The result of being this bridge between two worlds? A lot of great insights on how to effect change. After a lot of discussions about it, Pip figured this formula out on his whiteboard one weekend. It brings each element into its own powerful place.  We have been using it ever since. It’s called the Housefly Formula.