2023年5月26日,

首席執行官傑夫•戴維斯,索倫森影響中心最近,猶他大學的物理學家問我索倫森影響中心的一個同事“影響”一詞是正確的詞來描述我們所做的工作在影響投資。他提到,在物理的力是影響傳播兩個身體碰撞時,常常會與暴力的後果。讓我思考。維基百科說,“高力產生影響或衝擊碰撞……當兩個或兩個以上的屍體。的影響主要取決於身體的相對速度。“這是思考的東西。盡管影響行業使用術語“影響”作為簡稱有意的,積極的,社會和環境的影響,我們可以更深入地思考是誰影響誰?和什麼類型的力量正在傳播的?誰決定了力量?相對速度是什麼?當我思考這些問題,艾瑞莎•弗蘭克林的不朽的話說,女王的靈魂,進入我的腦海:“Zoomin是誰的誰?”(如果你還沒有聽過一段時間,現在稍微休息一下,聽)。我提出這些問題本月早些時候在傑弗遜的晚餐和其他十二個影響領導人與我共同主持馬修主教(前經濟學家商業編輯現在椅子Sorenson全球影響領導人)。 This led to a lively discussion with a variety of well-reasoned perspectives and informed my thinking further. Here are some of those thoughts. As in physics, social impact involves a causal relationship: there is the “body” who creates the impact by transmitting a force onto another “body.” This is rarely mutual or balanced and there is an inherent power dynamic at work. Remember the physics principle: “the effect [of the impact] depends critically on the relative velocity of the bodies to one another.” Impact investors in particular, as sources of capital, often have (or are perceived to have) significantly greater “velocity” than the “body” receiving the funding. If we truly care about intentional, deep, positive social impact, then we need to understand and manage this dynamic to ensure it is not abusive, exploitative, or paternalistic. MORE FOR YOU