Fliplanthropy S02E03: Redistribution Impact – Moving Beyond Metrics to Meaning Fliplanthropy
What if the true impact of giving isn’t found in a formula, but in a radical shift in power and mindset?
In an age obsessed with dashboards and measurable outcomes, we risk losing sight of the deeper transformations that real redistribution can spark. It’s time to move beyond the shallow metrics of funder-driven performativity and grapple with what impact actually means.
In this third episode of Fliplanthropy, we offer both a provocation and a call to action: Can funders design impact approaches rooted in learning rather than metrics? And if not, what’s really stopping them?
Join us for an interactive session building on Toby Lowe’s intrepid ideas on impact, first explored in our Deeper Inquiry session earlier this year. We’ll dig into the necessity of continuous experimentation for systemic shifts, and how to step away from polished narratives that dictate what is deemed “fundable.”
This interactive, workshop-style session will explore power and narrative shifts in philanthropy, the role of AI in application writing, what becomes possible when we renounce KPI-driven thinking… all in service of redefining how we capture change within the gritty realities social movements navigate every day.
Tune in to measure what matters.
About our speaker
Toby Lowe has a PhD in Political Theory from Newcastle University, exploring “The Concept of Community in Political Theory”. He was Chief Executive of a participatory arts charity in North East England, supporting marginalised and excluded people to explore creativity.
He has also done policy work addressing poverty in neighbourhoods for the Social Exclusion Unit, and worked as a public management action researcher – helping public service organisations across the world to change their approach to management, so that it better serves the lives of real people, in what is called a Human Learning Systems approach.
At the Centre for Public Impact, Toby is passionate about helping to change how public service is managed, as he believes that how we perform in public management is directly connected to governments’ ability to address the complex challenges faced by people.
Resources
Deeper Inquiry #14: Rethinking Impact Measurement with Toby Lowe