Needed: Nonprofit Leaders. It’s time to re-think how nonprofits operate in a post-baby-boomer-leader world. A new report, Shift: Beyond the Nonprofit Leadership Crisis, says that 75 percent of current nonprofit leaders plan to leave over the next five years. Many younger leaders are attracted to new models, outside the nonprofit sector, to create […]
From the Skoll Foundation, the question, “What will the world look like in 50 years?” “The problems facing our world are so large that they demand disruptive thinking,” they say. “We don’t have time to think in incremental terms. It’s time to challenge the status quo, and dare to imagine what we can do.” Here’s […]
This video showing the extent of wealth inequity in the U.S. started going viral a few months ago. Whenever I hear pundits whine about how a 2 percent tax increase on the top will bring our country toppling down my mind is boggled. Every issue we’re working on to make the world a better place […]
Check out the 20 Top Insights for Making Ideas Happen from 2012 from Behance. Insights from how Obama Gets Things Done to Why Boredom is Good for Your Creativity. Some helpful videos. And finally, a few favorite tweets from 2012, including this: “The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people […]
New Year. New Habits. Ariel Schwartz in Fast Company describes Lift, a mobile phone app for tracking new habits. I just signed up. And you can understand how to create new ones by reading The Power of Habit. (I’m about half way through and definitely recommend.) Outrospection. An RSA animate explores Outrospection. Empathy helps us be […]
Sometime in the eighties, I came across this quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” For years this one sentence has inspired […]
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ” — Albert Schweitzer The group that has innovation leadership innovates and can reap rewards beyond imagination. I’m not exaggerating. I’ve seen it happen many times, and so have you—beyond what anyone could imagine. But this will happen only if […]
