“Why am I the only one who cares about this?” When that question runs through my head, I know that I am pushing on strings. What are strings? They are problems, just lying there on my desk, waiting for someone to make them move. If I am lucky, my problems are...
A client said this to me the other day after we had presented the findings of a research project. Why did this surprise me? I hope that every single client we work with has a passion for the information we are helping them to compile and making meaning of. It...
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...
