This post by Mario Morino from Venture Philanthropy Partners raisies some important questions about our obsession with efforts to implement outcomes thinking. Do we risk failing to keep our eyes fixed on the ends we are trying to advance? I share his belief that our dialogue on outcomes should be 95% about mission and 5% about metrics.

"The main reason the dialogue on social outcomes is off track is because we have failed to keep our eyes fixed on the ends we are trying to advance. Every ounce of our effort on social outcomes should be with one end in mind: helping nonprofits create greater benefits for the people and causes they serve. Period."

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