“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. . . . Einstein.
What got us here is not going to take us where we want to go in the future If there was EVER a time for openness to new ideas, strategies and tactics, it is now.
The entire philanthropic environment is in a state of total flux, just like the economy. Bad news comes at us daily. We can expect to see nonprofits fail – and some probably should close down.
This quote may just help you create an opening for change. Too often nonprofits and particularly their boards act too conservatively, and end up missing the boat.
I sometimes think that nonprofit boards govern by looking at the past, not the future. It’s sort of like trying to run a boat while looking backwards at where you’ve already been. And then you miss the rocks and bad weather ahead because you were planning on consistently sunny skies based on your past experience.
Now is a time to reinvent ourselves. To rebrand. To re-message. To embrace new strategies that you would never think to undertake. Invest resources in new directions. Throw out the old that really just limped along. Take on new ideas and new ways of doing our business.
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