Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053

Back to the Future: The Social Sector in 2053

“Back to the Future” is coming to Broadway in New York this weekend. (My husband and I had a blast watching it in London last year.) With all the discussions about AI and Chat GPT, we thought we’d contemplate the future of the social sector along with some of the...

What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends

What Nike Can Teach Us about Nonprofit Values, Change Management and Trends

Summer brings us blockbuster movies, and this summer is no different. I for one cannot wait. One recent movie that I really enjoyed was “Air,” which tells the story of the rise of Nike and how its basketball division landed Michael Jordan as its ambassador. (It’s now...

Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure

Addressing Nonprofit Challenges to Avoid Organizational Decline or Failure

Every nonprofit right now is feeling a bit unsteady. We have gone through a collective earthquake – with the initial shock and many aftershocks of the pandemic, which now include inflation and an economic downturn. It is natural to feel a bit “wobbly” in the face of...

How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance

How to Review Nonprofit CEO Performance

Governance expert John Carver was famous for saying “organizational performance is synonymous with chief executive performance.” In other words, if an organization is performing well, the CEO must be good. And if an organization is performing poorly, it is the CEO’s...

Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning

Is Your Nonprofit Ready for an Executive Transition? A Quick Guide for Nonprofit Succession Planning

In John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, he said: “The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are...

2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms

2023 Nonprofit Trends: Re-centering our Cultural Norms

Last year, we lost one of my leadership mentors – Frances Hesselbein, who is best known as the transformative leader of the Girls Scouts. This led her to be noticed by Peter Drucker, who named her “the best CEO in America” and later his successor. I interacted with...

Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector

Top 10 Moonshot Goals for the Social Sector

As a futurist for the social sector, I am often asked about what to expect in the future. While there are many things I don’t know, there are some that I do. For example, I know the social sector has risen to the challenge and opportunity of the post-COVID world and...

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