I promise, this is not about finding the fountain of youth. But I think this is on the minds of most nonprofit leaders right now. At face value, we are afraid that our supporters will retire, die, lose their capacity to give money. On a deeper level, I think we are...
How far must we look to find unanticipated blessings in what we have all experienced in the last two years? For one leader in our network, not far. “There has been unanticipated blessing in how donors have shown up in the last two years.” For many...
Has anyone else noticed a significant increase in the number of sales messages that are showing up via email and LinkedIn since the beginning of the year? This is on top of the frequent phone calls I get trying to sell me an extended car warranty or urging me to...
My email inbox has been inundated lately with offers to generate more business leads than I could possibly know what to do with. I haven’t asked, but since Outsight works with leaders who share our values of fearless questioning and respectful listening, I am...
Creative questions accompany and guide us as we peer into the mist of disruption, complexity, and chaos. Good questions prompt us in the pursuit of what it means to build an enduring enterprise and what form future value might take. But good questions also require...
This may be the best phrase I have heard all month. Church as a verb. The Network leader who said it, said it with the best of intentions. He was responding to a story of God showing up, in the least likely of places and in the most unexpected ways, for someone who...
