Philanthropy & Funding
Disciplining Generosity
An excerpt from Advising Philanthropists on how advisors support better philanthropy
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Tag: Strategy
Collaboration
Grand Strategy and the Social Innovation Ecosystem
Let’s move beyond our own self-interest and restructure our ecosystem for the challenges yet to come.
Design Thinking
Convening by Design
Principles and tactics for creating strategic convenings that foster meaningful interaction and outcomes.
Scaling
A Strategic Mess
Developing an impact strategy means embracing the murky problem of the future.
Scaling
Strategy: Go Big or Go… Oh, Just Go Big
Four steps to impact at a scale that really matters.
Business
Designing Your Circular Business Model
Corporations can achieve greater environmental and financial performance by developing and implementing circular business model strategies.
Excerpt
Leadership
Walking Away
An excerpt from Letting Go of Your Nonprofit on the leadership patterns of mission-centered leaders.
Leadership
Building Leadership Agility at the ACLU
In the midst of an ongoing assault on civil rights, the ACLU’s Strategic Affiliate Initiative is helping a century-old organization grow to meet the moment.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Nonprofit Mergers and Acquisitions: Not Just an Escape Plan
With careful planning and resource allocation, and a clear understanding of what it means to combine different organizational cultures and visions, mergers and acquisitions can be more than an escape plan, and instead help nonprofits preserve their mission and expand their impact.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Exit Strategies
It might be a cliché, but it’s rare for international NGOs to “work themselves out of a job.” Doing so requires planning from the start, communicating clearly, setting hard deadlines, and going unconditionally.