More funders won't fix this.

The problem isn't the size of your pipeline

What do you do?

Your answer might be a few years out of date.

She got a bad review

The invisible penalty organizations in complex markets pay

The leader who can't leave

Four reasons founders struggle to step back

How does a zipper work?

The illusion of explanatory depth

The law of the lid

When your Board becomes your ceiling.

Is your org chart stalling your new strategy?

You just finished your multi-year strategy. Now for the hard part.

Who is this for?

On the pressure to serve everyone

The young woman grew up. Now she wants more.

The most common fundraising narrative has a flaw.

Pride and Prejudice doesn't open with Elizabeth Bennet

On what Austen knew about making an answer feel inevitable.

Is your board an asset or a variable?

He gives every Sunday. He still said no.

Are you making the case, or are you making the connection?

It's not about the money

The challenge of finding, keeping, and growing talent in large and mid-sized mission-driven organizations

Losing momentum? Rediscover your CORE.

What healthy looks like from the inside out

What I talk about when I talk about scale

Why the sector is addicted to width - and starving for depth - and what we can do about it.

What is the title of your chapter?

Most leaders don't have a good answer. Here's why that's costly.

Has your story kept up with your work?

When things get harder, invest more in how you show up. Not less.

Your investor isn't (only) evaluating your model

The financial case gets you in the room. Something else entirely gets you the check.

What do you do when the world you thrived in disappears?

International development is being dismantled. This is about what that costs the people who built their lives inside it.

The wrong problem, solved perfectly

When the diagnosis is the problem

The weight of waiting

Rethinking risk (for donors)

The crisis at the top of the growth curve

The trade-offs between impact, scale, and financial sustainability

Is your nonprofit a family or a business? (part 2)

Your team-first approach might be hurting your mission.

Transparency isn't always a virtue

On knowing what's yours to carry

Navigating forced layoffs.

Cut deep, and cut once.