Climate7 min read
Mission fit isn't a vibe. It's a rubric.
How we built the mission-fit score, and why we publish the weights.
Field Notes
Stories from the impact economy
Ideas, playbooks, and honest postmortems from the people building Work For Future.
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Fresh thinking on careers, companies, and the causes shaping the next decade.
AI Ethics6 min
Why every trial on WfF is paid, and what that costs us
We don't run unpaid take-homes. Here's the math.
Education9 min
How Northstar hires instructional coaches (an open runbook)
The exact rubric, cadence and field-shadow we use.
EdTech10 min
When to distrust your AI tutor
Evaluation-first design means knowing when to hold the product back.
Climate8 min
Scope 3 for product managers who aren't climate people (yet)
A crash course in the emissions bucket nobody wants to own.
Health5 min
What we actually mean by care navigation
A word that's become vague. Here's the definition we hire against.
Social7 min
The plain-language audit that saved 11 million hours
Rewriting 28k federal forms isn't glamorous. It works.
Climate8 min
Farmer-first MRV: what Mendroot got wrong, twice
Measurement protocols that farmers reject aren't measurement protocols.
EdTech6 min
Offline-first isn't a fallback. It's the product.
How Kindred ships literacy tools for zero-bar households.
Social9 min
Why our voter-roll code is AGPL
Public infrastructure deserves public source.
Climate7 min
Surge forecasts that people evacuate on
Accuracy is necessary. Timing and trust are what close the loop.
Health8 min
Menopause is a reimbursement problem
Care pathways are fine. The billing codes are the blocker.
