Who founders choose to have on their board is a decision that comes early, and quick. Too often, in a rush to get started, founders breeze through this process. Only to find themselves stuck in a Jerry Springer-esque scenario with…

Who founders choose to have on their board is a decision that comes early, and quick. Too often, in a rush to get started, founders will breeze through this process. Only to find themselves stuck in a Jerry Springer scenario…

Lots of calls coming in on this, and with everything that’s happening this may be a question for more of us as time goes on. When a founder or executive director decides to move, sometimes there is a question of…

Consultants, community organizations, and funders are starting to work with communities on stabilizing and rebuilding after a number of pandemics (race and health-related). We have rebuild while dismantling the ways of engaging, thinking, and relating that have caused many of…

Holding on to certainty, assumptions, and control is going to cost a lot of people their businesses and impact organizations. It’s a bold statement, but it’s a story we’re already seeing play out. Organizations intent on operating the same way…

1. Grieve and Acknowledge the Loss in Business and Strategic Plans An organization’s founder. Its staff, contractors, and suppliers. Its community and beneficiaries. These are all people. The reminder might sound silly, but most businesses and organizations I come across…

I can never make that “whomp” noise at the beginning of a remix or DJ Khalid album but imagine I’m doing that. New feature alert! I wrote a short article for Black+Well on how we can turn our challenges into…