Learning From Failure

Philanthropy naturally wants to be defined by its achievements. But those achievements will be much more modest if it does not learn from its failures. The special feature in this issue of Alliance explores what it takes to learn from failure with people and organisations who have set out to change not only their practice but also their outlook. Guest edited by Donika Dimovska, Chief Knowledge Officer, the Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland. The issue also includes an interview with the man who has personified European philanthropy for over 25 years – King Baudouin Foundation’s recently departed director, Luc Tayart de Broms.