I2L2: Impact, Influence, Leverage, and Learning (updated)
Successfully addressing vital social issues—like the movement for racial justice and addressing climate crises—requires large-scale initiatives that address equity, complexity, and systems. By understanding how systems changes are occurring, social change actors can see the full spectrum of change that is possible, and gain vital knowledge for strategic development, and ultimately drive more powerful results. In this update to Impact, Influence, Leverage, and Learning (I2L2), we offer ways of grouping systems change outcomes and helpful ways of thinking about complex social change work.