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Mission calisthenics
It's time to strengthen your nonprofit's readiness as well as your resolve.
Why boards get bored
How can the work of a nonprofit board be complex, consequential, and tedious all at the same time?
What holds a nonprofit together?
Sometimes we learn the answer by watching them fall apart.
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Ownership and control
There are essentially three ways to structure organizational ownership and control. Choose wisely.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Do less, better
Does your mission statement inspire or exhaust you?
Doing the wrong thing righter
"The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become." – Russell Ackoff
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The strategy screen
To pick a good strategy, you need a job description
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E. Andrew Taylor
Spheres of influence
When your larger world is spinning out of control, remember the worlds you DO control.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Minimizing the board
A nonprofit board needs at least three people. What if that were enough?
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E. Andrew Taylor
Means, ends, and OpenAI
OpenAI's likely transition from nonprofit to private control reveals what (we believe) nonprofits are for.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Measuring what matters
How to evaluate your efforts without crushing your soul.
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Confusing the pitch with the plan
Your strategic thinking needs to pick a lane.
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E. Andrew Taylor
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