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Scenario Planning: Rapid Planning in a Time of Rapid Change

How do you plan for the future when the future is uncertain? Even though the situation is not optimal, it's as critical as ever to be decisive - provided you are informed by the strategic thinking you need to make the best possible choices. Read More

Raise Your Hand if You Need Help

On any given day, I am a rock and I’m excellent at balancing work and my home life. This current situation has thrown me for a loop, and put me in a place of great stress – to a breaking point. So I’m going to muster up the courage pretty soon to raise my hand and ask for help. Read More

Why You shouldn’t host a virtual gala this year!

If you founded your organization this week and you met today to determine your first big fundraiser in a time when you can’t eat dinner together and can’t dance together, would you decide to hold a virtual dinner-dance? [No.] So, why are you planning a virtual gala? Read More

Lead or React

If leaders do not start talking about “what the new future might look like” we will likely be caught shockingly unprepared and blindsided by the chaos that will ensue. Conversations must start taking place immediately to plan for the New Future. Read More

Strategic Thinking in Corona Days – Planning the Future NOW

While still in the midst of a global pandemic, it is critical to consider and plan for the long term future. Not-for-profits and communal organizations are already facing both extensive new needs and heightened existing needs. Hopefully they will survive and be able to recover. Read More