To Drive Systems-Level Change, a Foundation Embraces Constant Learning and Adaptation

Systems change requires understanding the entire landscape and ecosystem of an issue - the people and organizations who touch the issue in all sectors; the economic, social, and political dimensions of the issue; and new ideas and emerging solutions that hold potential and promise. Understanding the issue in its complexity is essential to seeing where a foundation can play a catalytic role in making a system more responsive to people's lives, more equitable, more just. Find out how Lauren Blitzer, Executive Director of the Leland Fikes Foundation, approaches learning as an ongoing practice, building learning and experimentation into the foundation's culture. Lauren shares how she engages her board in constant learning and adaptation, as the foundation hones its ability to drive positive, long-term change in the face of complexity and uncertainty.   ----more----   Lauren Blitzer is Executive Director of the Leland Fikes Foundation in Dallas, TX, focused on Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice; Democracy; and Dallas-Area Human Services. She holds a BS in mathematics from Haverford College and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business. ----more----