What would your ultimate goal be if you were trying to maximise your impact? Would it be different to your current goal?
In The Impact Diaries Heidi gives real-life examples of the five stage LEAN social impact approach in action.
Its first stage is "define" and in this episode Heidi covers work with a health and social care organisation, three key questions board members can use to be creative about the future, and how the define stage is crucial for boards to identify impact goals, appropriate outcomes and activities.
If there are tensions between what your social enterprise wants to achieve and what it's been commissioned to achieve, you need to listen to this episode.
"Very often boards will be approaching their strategy from the basics of business planning where you start with what you currently do and add to it incrementally. Taking an impact-led approach is very different."
The five stages of Heidi's LEAN social impact approach are Define, Plan, Measure, Analyse and Learn. Heidi's new book, out in Autumn 2020, shares everything she knows about impact measurement and management – and how to implement it in your organisation.
Get your copy first! Pre-order one of the limited number of hardback versions of
Impact First – The Social Entrepreneur's Guide to Measuring, Managing and Growing Your Impact at https://www.makeanimpactcic.co.uk/my-book-impact-first