The Octopus and the Shipwreck
Over the last five weeks I’ve explored the four paradoxes of sustainability: The Change paradox: Only by changing can organisations be sustainable. The Yes/No paradox: The things that an organisation…
Sustain your organisation – say ‘no’ more
In this, the fourth free excerpt from Graeme’s new book on nonprofit sustainability, he explains that the things that an organisation needs to survive can also kill it. Saying ‘yes’…
Wrestling the octopus
Our organisations need to reach out in new directions to grow. But growing in too many directions pulls us out of shape. When organisations need to change to survive (which…
Forget stability, choose sustainability
In this second of 10 weekly blogs celebrating the launch of his new book, Graeme reflects on the paradox of change: Only by changing can organisations be sustainable. When discussing…
Making the case for inefficiency
The first in a special series of posts to by Graeme Reekie to mark the release of ‘Making a Lasting DIfference – sustaining nonprofit organisations and their impact’. Without efficiency,…
Writing the book on non-profit sustainability
Making a Lasting Difference, Graeme’s newly-released book, is an urgent exploration of organisational sustainability. Based on the Lasting Difference toolkit, it’s a long-form exploration of sustainability. It explains the main…
The State of the Sector
At the 2019 Gathering this February the SCVO presented results from their recent poll about the state of the Scottish third sector SCVO Third Sector Forecast 2019 . It has…
Sustainable Leadership ‘Crisis? What Crisis?’
A recent longitudinal (2018) report ‘Path to Impact’ assessed the capacity and capabilities of non-profit organisations in Northern Ireland and Scotland using the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT). Across both…
Join our special workshop at the Gathering
Since it launched at The Gathering in 2016, the Lasting Difference toolkit and website have been used by many thousands of organisations to transform the way they work – thank…
That’s a Good Idea!
In our last blog I explored the importance of innovation and its role in developing a sustainable culture. Once innovative ideas have been generated the next stage is to narrow…