Stop Reporting Data. Start Telling Stories.
Every strategic planning process eventually arrives at the same moment. Someone opens a spreadsheet. There are percentages.Survey responses.Census statistics.Financial reports.Utilization rates.Demographic projections. Everything you need to make decisions is sitting...
Strategic Plan Task Force: Who Should Serve and Why
A strategic plan task force is a small group of stakeholders selected to guide and support the strategic planning process. The task force works alongside leadership and planning facilitators to gather input, evaluate priorities, provide feedback, and help shape...
What Successful Change Actually Looks Like
Most organizations don’t fail at change because they lack ambition. They fail because they’re missing one critical element—and they don’t realize it until they’re already in the water. Successful change is hard! Over the past several weeks, we’ve explored six...
Why Organizational Change Fails
From Class II to Class III: What Whitewater Kayaking Taught Me About Why Change Fails I am currently working toward something that scares me a little. Moving from paddling Class II whitewater into Class III and eventually touching Class IV. On paper, it sounds like a...