Janet Ranganathan is the Managing Director and Executive Vice President for Strategy, Learning and Results at World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization that addresses the urgent sustainability challenges related to food, forests, water, climate, energy, cities and the ocean. She leads the development and execution of WRI’s five-year strategy and oversees WRI’s Research Integrity, Managing for Results, and Data Lab teams.  Janet Ranganathan: “One of the most important lessons I've learned is you can't do anything on your own. You have to do everything together through partnerships and collaborations. You know, if you wanna go far, take many people with you, but don't expect to get there too fast. If you wanna go fast, go alone, but don't expect to get very far. So true.” 00:25 Intro to Janet 01:21 30 years of changemaking 02:02 WRI’s method for impact: Count it. Change it. Scale it.  03:48 Feeding people, addressing climate, protecting land 05:54 Produce, protect, reduce, restore 07:03 A production and consumption problem 07:52 Education to enable change 09:44 Empowering food companies  12:06 Overview of the Shift Wheel  15:32 How the Cool Food Pledge put the Shift Wheel into practice  17:50 From outputs to outcomes to impact 20:40 How WRI connects food and climate change 21:44 Establishing collaborative partnerships for long term success 23:12 Design and act for impact 25:02 Learning from the past to inform the future 27:15 Urgency as a motivator 28:22 Takeaways for changemakers  Links WRI Report: Creating a Sustainable Food FutureWRI Shift Wheel FrameworkCool Food PledgeWRI Greenhouse Gas ProtocolWRI Strategic Plan 2023-27 Keep in Touch Subscribe, rate, review the show at foodlabtalk.com Follow Food Lab talk on YouTube and LinkedIn *The views expressed by the guests in this podcast don't necessarily represent the host’s views, nor those of his employer.