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And, for projects that don’t lend themselves to cost benchmarking, we’re looking for something that would transform a field. A project that is 20-30% better than the status quo won’t get our attention any more than it would get for-profit tech investor attention.

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As example, one strong idea that came up was having staffing services and temp agencies establish benchmarks for hiring workers with disabilities. The meeting reinforced the power of the holistic approach to solving problems: we reaped a lot more great ideas as a group than we would have through individual discussions with the Senator.

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If cost benchmarking doesn’t make sense (as in the field of human rights), can we dramatically change the way people operate in a given area? We pick projects that have the potential for large-scale change: can we deliver something for a tenth of the cost of the existing solution?

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