2020 Demanded Smart Strategies From Every Organization – Here’s What We’ve Been Working On
Over the past months, we at Schaffer&Combs have been experiencing and managing through the effects of the virulent global pandemic, the rolling economic crisis, and the intensification of violence against black and brown people. During this time, our clients have been a regular source of inspiration and insight....
S&C supports major new alliance in apparel industry
Last week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, ZDHC Foundation, Textile Exchange, and Apparel Impact Institute announced new partnerships to accelerate impact, drive alignment, and increase efficiency in the apparel sustainability movement. Schaffer&Combs is honored to support these organizations in the design of their alliance, which holds the potential to transform...
Call it What it is: Power
By Arthur Combs THESIS We have observed that defining power, methods of sharing power, and reinforcing these practices through meaningful performance management, can be a starting point for greater productivity, talent retention, and workplace wellbeing. CONTEXT Consensus over command-and-control. It’s become axiomatic that many Global 500 companies are...
Schaffer&Combs places Higg Co’s incoming Vice President, Marketing & Communications and Senior Manager Sales
This May, Schaffer&Combs successfully closed two searches for Higg Co and we would like to extend our congratulations to Del Hudson and Jose Guzzardi, Higg Co’s incoming Vice President, Marketing & Communications and Senior Manager Sales, respectively. Higg Co is a technology company that delivers, implements, and supports the...
Meaning and Work Series: Stephanie Cohn Rupp
We continue our Meaning and Work series with Stephanie Cohn Rupp. “Find your conviction and determine ways to pursue that. Keep an open mind about what that looks like.” What she does: Provides strategic, operational, and systems-level leadership within the impact investing sector, in order to deliver social...
Client Spotlight: Community Vision Capital & Consulting
In 2018, the Northern California Community Loan Fund (NCCLF) Board of Directors approved an ambitious, paradigm-shifting Strategic Plan, with economic and racial equity at the center. The Loan Fund has been in business since 1987, as a pillar of the San Francisco community development ecosystem. Upon approval of the...
Schaffer&Combs Partners with Braven
Schaffer&Combs is proud to announce a new partnership with Braven. Braven empowers promising, underrepresented young people—first-generation college students, students from low-income backgrounds, and students of color—with the skills, confidence, experiences and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs through their fellowship program. S&C continues our journey...
S&C Sustainability Clients in the Headlines
Just two years after Greenpeace challenged the apparel industry for unchecked toxic waste, the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 was a tragic wake-up call for the industry’s treatment of workers. Since then, Schaffer&Combs has supported the sector’s efforts to dramatically change practices, and generate credible environmental and social improvements....
Reflecting on “Not Another Diversity Panel: Why a Technical Approach to DEI is not Working”
Co-Authored by Monica Walls and Arthur Combs On May 29, S&C hosted ~100 participants to learn from three accomplished leaders: Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, Dmitri Belser, and Cynthia Nimmo. We want to thank our panelists for facilitating an excellent discussion. We’ve summarized 6 highlights of what we learned below. ...
Not Another Diversity Panel: Why a Technical Approach to DEI is not Working
“I hate diversity workshops. Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.” MICHELLE OBAMA Please join Schaffer&Combs at 6pm on May 29th at WeWork 600 California for a panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion that goes beyond the traditional “best practice”...