It’s not enough to wait, we need to get real about how things can change At the risk of plagiarising Matt Hyde’s rather wonderful “weekly reflection” format on LinkedIn, I too had a good week last week. A big part of that was hearing what insights we can take from the Greater Manchester experiment. For […]
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I find it bizarre that a lot of people, including plenty who work in the sector, still see the idea of charities “becoming more commercial” as somehow distasteful or immoral. I can only think it speaks to both an extraordinarily naive view of charity, and an equally poor level of commercial understanding. Because, to paraphrase
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If we’re serious about making the world a better place, these are the building-blocks charities need to start preparing for the future
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It’s a common misconception that in order to collaborate well with others, you need to “be nicer”. When in reality, what’s usually required is to get far better at asserting your value. One of the most enduring models for explaining the difference between being nice and actually collaborating is something called the Thomas-Kilmann matrix, named
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The crisis in service provision is not a problem nonprofits can address through tactical solutions. It needs a strategic approach.
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Using an end game scenario to build a shared understanding of why… I like to think I’m a pretty good at setting scenarios for teams to work on – I enjoy doing them and it’s a fantastic exercise for at least three reasons. The first is it’s a fun way for a team to bond
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Are we here to deliver contracts or change the world? These are the existential conversations I’m having and you can listen in.
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When it comes to speed, quality, and engagement, how we make decisions is far more important than what we decide.
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In Good Company: a series of conversations on the future of charity and its leadership
Agile planning, agility, and innovation, can all be massively increased simply by trying to come up with “ten ways you can”.
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