The Case Foundations mission is to invest in people and ideas that can change the world. But a few years back, Jean Case realized she wanted a better way of predicting which projects would have the greatest impact. So she hired a team of experts to investigate the core qualities of great change makers, past and present, and found five traits all had in common. They werent wealth, privilege, or even genius. It was that these exceptional men and women made a big bet, took risks, learned from their failures, collaborated with people with diverse experiences, and let urgency conquer fear.