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What nonprofits want: Support for capacity building and collective impact

Candid

Since late 2023, weve been talking with community members about how, together, we could make Kansas City a national model for equitable economic mobility. Is this how we build a model for significant, long-lasting systems change? During my first year as CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, our biggest priority was listening.

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Best Practices Suck

Jamie Notter

We figure out how we are going to sell more widgets, or design better widgets, or partner with others in the widget industry, or create a better performance review system, or train our managers to deal with Millennials more effectively, or break down our internal silos, etc. Is innovation a best practice? We come up with answers.

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How the Mighty Fall - Associations at Risk - Part 1 of 5

Association Subculture

Leaders in charge of an ego-driven governance system often believe they are vested with certain “special” rights giving them the green light to lasso as many sacred cows as they have rope. innovation. (6). Principled Innovation LLC. education. (1). employees. (1). expansion. (1). generations. (2). governance. (6).

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