“Social” versus “enterprise” nonprofit lives and leadership

Last weekend I went to see Quantum of Solace with a friend. Didn’t particularly enjoy the movie, but I did enjoy the conversation we had throughout the night. We began discussing whether or not each of us could do (successfully!) the other’s job. We work with a similar population in organizations in the same field, [...]

I’m getting married and my utility curve is shifting! Ahhh!

I know, I know. Putting these two sentences together is going to get me in trouble, and make me look like a huge dork, but read on. Lucky for me my fiance has not RSS’d my blog…
Two weekends ago I got down on one knee in northwestern Connecticut and gave Katy my grandmother’s ring. It [...]

Cultures of Scarcity

A few Fridays ago, I was in the office of a major consulting firm in downtown Boston. It was around the end of the day and consultants were winding down with their choice of, among other things, Sam Adams (would you expect an occasion without it in Boston?), imports, and microbrews. While this (insert your [...]