We are excited to share that Dr. Karen Cosgrove, co-founder of Working It Out Now, was invited
to attend the International Forum on Innovation Impact Management at the Møller Institute,
University of Cambridge, UK – 22nd April to 25th April 2025. This prestigious event explored
how innovation and impact management strategies can drive lasting value across industries,
communities, and family businesses.
The forum aligns closely with the work we do at Working It Out Now, where we assist farming
families, rural communities, and small businesses in navigating business planning and lifecycle
transitions. At the heart of our services is helping clients optimise resource capital, which is
vital for making strategic decisions, ensuring long-term sustainability, and enabling successful
intergenerational planning for family farm businesses.
Karen’s attendance at the forum provided her with opportunities to bring back the latest global
best practices on impact management and innovation. These insights will directly benefit our
clients by enhancing their ability to manage impact and embed innovation into their operations.
By attending this forum, Karen aims to bring home strategies that will help farming families and
rural businesses thrive through tailored planning, strategic decision-making, and long-term
impact management.Stay tuned for more updates as Karen shares key takeaways from the forum, helping us
continue our mission to support sustainable and impactful business growth across rural and
family-run enterprises.
Thank you so much Karen for all your contributions to the International Forum. Your experience, especially in the area of defining and measuring an organisation’s impact maturity. We all benefited from your participation and I am sure the connection with others will only fuel your thinking in this area.
Thank you so much Karen for your significant contribution at the International Forum. Your insights, especially on the topic of impact maturity, were able to expand the scope of thinking and understanding from an organisational psychology perspective. I am looking forward to continuing our work together.
I’d just like to echo Anne-Maree’s comments, Karen! It was great to have you at the Forum and to know we could rely on you to stimulate interesting and useful conversations in the groups in which you participated. In particular, your experience with the captials framework and the other areas which underpin the model of impact maturity articulated in “Cornerstones of Impact Management” clearly supported others’ ability to understand the work! 🙂