Organisations must recognise that achieving sustainability (including funding sustainability) at a point in time does not mean sustainability is assured for good. Take one of Stanford’s funding models as an example. The Beneficiary Builder model is used by...
You know the best thing about being an only child? No competition. You get everything you want – when you want. None of this comprising or debating or forming a well though out argument to why you should be considered for a turn to play with the fire truck –...
Pluto used to be a few blurry pixels on a screen. Accepted as a frozen, stark and desolate rock. The recent pictures, however, bring to light that Pluto is in fact a beautiful planet that is not a ball of ice, but a striking reddish-orange colour with large pools of...
With the strategic planning season well and truly underway it’s time to blow the dust off last year’s plan and think about all the things that didn’t get achieved. Let’s not be too cynical, though. While, to some, the planning process may be a simple check box for...
The hardest part of strategic planning is often related to generating new ideas. A handy tool to help your team start thinking about what your customers value about your organisation is the Value Discipline Tool. (Yes, Not for Profits have customers too!) This simple...