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by | Mar 15, 2026

Community Defined Outcomes Create Thriving Communities

Community Defined Outcomes Create Thriving Communities

For decades, Andrew Wolk, the Founder and CEO of Finding Common Purpose, has noticed how Americans collectively are not measuring towards what it takes for working people to thrive. We measure the increased rates of employment, but not whether those jobs provide a living wage. Our hospitals prioritize checking boxes instead of checking whether one’s health is improving, or if they can afford care at all. We track the surging costs to rent or own a home, while the growth of average earnings consistently fails to keep pace, leaving American’s floundering.