Mark Benjamin shines a light on how NGO’s sometimes distort the results of their impact studies in order to show “success” to funding organizations.
Businesses of all sizes have engaged in this self-deception. Remember Enron?
Small and mid-size businesses, like the NGO’s cited, cannot afford to squander resources and instead need to take a rigorous look at how initiatives are really performing.
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