Goldilocks and the Three Bowls of Data
Barring residence under a rock or an other-worldly state of bliss, it is unlikely that you have escaped the phenomenon of “big data.” What is big data? Everyone knows that, right? Not so much. Gartner...
View ArticleDeveloping Transformative Employees and Systems
Editor’s note: Over the next two weeks, we’ll feature posts around the final convening of our Chief Executive Program, The Summit at Sundance. We invite you to participate in an online discussion of...
View ArticleWhy the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything (…or does it?)
Photo: Will Sherman Steve Blank wrote an interesting article in the May Harvard Business Review on “Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything.” The lean start-up refers to a methodology (more on that...
View ArticleMaking the Argument for Leadership Development
Linda Wood, Senior Director of the Haas Leadership Initiative at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, recently wrote an interesting post on The CEP Blog of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, ”The...
View ArticleReading List: Hacks
image via blogs.hbr.org This post appears as a the first of an occasional series of tricks and tips you may find useful in tackling your daily challenges. Does your team ever get stuck in a creativity...
View ArticleThe Under-resourced Nonprofit Sector – Crisis or Chimera?
Image: puroticorico via Flickr How many times have You heard someone say If I had his money I could do things my way – Johnny Cash, “A Satisfied Mind” (Written by Jack Rhodes, Red Hayes) Though I lack...
View ArticleSinéad Cusack, An Ode in Prose
In honor of Arts Advocacy Day, we at NAS are pulling back the curtain a bit and share our own thoughts on why the arts matter? We’re continuing where we started last week with posts by members of our...
View ArticleDo you need the matrix?
The Audit Committee will see you now. What is a board matrix? A board matrix (composition grid, etc.) for the governing board of a nonprofit organization is a tool that methodically attempts to first...
View ArticleWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Open (Education)
CC by SA audreywatters In late April, NAS attended the Open Education Global Conference 2015 in Banff, Canada. We were fully prepared to “wonk” out – and weren’t disappointed. If you’re wondering “what...
View ArticleBeyond Financials
This week, we’re sharing reflections on the Summit at Sundance process and on the ideas leaders in the Chief Executive Program: Community and Culture worked on during this Summit last month. We...
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