When Strategic Planning Makes You Want to Quit the Board
You’re ninety minutes into the strategic planning retreat. The flip charts are full. The coffee is gone. Someone has reo …
Where Does The Time Go?
Well hello, September! How did that happen? I’m sitting with my laptop at the kitchen counter, a location I often pick a …
Better Than SWOT? Five Strategy Frameworks That Go Beyond SWOT
You’ve blocked the morning, gathered the team, bought the coffee, and drawn the four familiar boxes on the whiteboard. E …
Advice for the Dreamer in You
Every so often, a younger leader, aspiring entrepreneur, or new business owner will reach out to me and ask to pick my b …
Scan Before You Strategize
We Know There's A Problem, We Just Don't Know Which One Last fall, my wife and I hosted weekly football watch parties fo …
We Are Only Limited By Our Creativity
When I was a teenager, I’d lie on the bed in my room, listening to a record by New Order or Depeche Mode (proud synth ge …
The People Behind the Numbers: Part 2 of the P2P Top 30 Data Deep Dive
In Part 1 of our P2P Top 30 Data Deep Dive, we dug into twenty years of sector revenue and found a story hiding in plain …
Hidden Growth: A Look at the 2025 P2P Top 30
I wanted to write a post to amplify Natalie Stamer’s excellent keynote at this week’s Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Co …
Connection is How Your Cause Finds Its Voice
Are We More Disconnected Than Ever? It sure feels that way lately. The idea that we're living through a time that is pul …
Preserving Your Inspiration
Over the holidays, I re-read The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. It's a wonderful book, and I'd recommend it to anyone, but …
