

What makes a strategic planning process fail - and it's not the plan
After a decade of facilitation, I can usually tell in the first hour whether a strategic planning process is going to produce something real. It's not the quality of the materials. It's not the size of the room or the catering budget.


From charity to justice: what nonprofits are actually for
The word "charity" has a problem. Not with its intentions, but with what it actually does — to the people who give it, to the people who receive it, and to the systems it touches or doesn't touch.









