If I told you that if you reduced your nonprofits services by 10% this coming year, you could be back to where you are the next year along with a 20% improvement that would carry on in future years, would you make the reduction? I hope that you would say “yes” – the math works. But if I said you had a “chance” to get the 20% improvement – not a guarantee – then it becomes … [Read more...] about Instant Gratification vs. Innovation
CEO of Your Health
You cannot make much of a Mission Impact if you do not have good, quality health. And whose job is that? You are the CEO of Your Health. How would you evaluate your performance in that CEO role? Here are some suggestions for improvement: *Create A Health Vision. What do you want your health to look like, feel like, and be like all through the decades as you age? … [Read more...] about CEO of Your Health
SWOT Your Goals!
SWOT Analysis (evaluating your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) is the most widely used tool in strategic planning. But that is not the only time you can use it! It is also very helpful to SWOT any goal – individual or organizational – that you have. But make sure you put the SWOT in context. Ask these questions: *Given my/our commitment to … [Read more...] about SWOT Your Goals!
Is That Goal Really Impossible?
As regular readers of this blog know, I advocate setting Almost Impossible Goals as a way to drive innovation and creativity for individuals, teams, and organizations (read here for further info). A question I am often asked is, “We have been working on this goal without much progress, how much longer should we try before declaring it Fully Impossible (versus Almost … [Read more...] about Is That Goal Really Impossible?
Lean Innovation
Once I was teaching a group of executives about generating innovation through the power of setting almost impossible goals (read more here if you are interested). One executive responded: “So, you want me to risk bankrupting my organization by placing a big bet on a new idea?” “Uhhh, no," I responded. Some people think that innovation is an all or nothing deal and they … [Read more...] about Lean Innovation