Organizations are under pressure to collect and report impact data to satisfy multiple stakeholders—often with competing demands. The result? Fragmented frameworks, limited skills, and data burdens that distract from core operations. Too often, what gets measured doesn’t capture what really matters. And without meaningful data exchange, entrepreneurial ecosystems miss opportunities to learn, collaborate, and create lasting change.
A new generation of impact measurement and management is emerging—one that includes systems thinking to capture complexity and nonlinear impact, identify unintended consequences, and account for the inter-relationships of diverse stakeholders including vulnerable populations. Done right, IMM is more than reporting—it’s a driver of credibility, better decision-making, and continuous improvement. By advancing these practices, we can help enterprises, investors, and other ecosystem stakeholders focus on outcomes that matter, and accelerate learning across entire systems.
At WDI, we bring cutting-edge approaches to impact measurement and management. We help organizations reimagine success beyond siloed, short-term metrics—integrating systems change measurement, gender perspectives, and actionable learning. By generating evidence-based insights, strengthening enterprise capacity, mobilizing smarter capital, and catalyzing collaboration, we build the conditions for sustainable impact at scale.
We design practical tools and methodologies that integrate systems thinking, gender perspectives, and inclusive data approaches to strengthen evidence and decision-making.
We help entrepreneurs and enterprise support organizations capture and use impact data to refine their operations, attract capital, and drive growth.
We work with funders, investors, ESOs, and policymakers to reduce data fragmentation and foster collective measurement approaches that strengthen entire innovation ecosystems.
