Leadership
The Strategic Art of Ambiguity
When the deck is stacked against change, ambiguous actions can change the game.
Tag: Strategy
Leadership
Using Strategic Foresight to Create the Future We Want
The future is having a moment. Philanthropic and nonprofit organizations can use the foresight tools long championed by private industry to build more desirable futures for their communities.
Philanthropy & Funding
Investing in Systems Change Capacity
Philanthropists must think beyond funding outcomes and invest in the capacity of systems to perpetuate and sustain change.
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Organizational Development
Collective Intelligence
An excerpt from The Imperfectionists on problem-solving in uncertainty
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Philanthropy & Funding
Disciplining Generosity
An excerpt from Advising Philanthropists on how advisors support better philanthropy
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.