The Urgent Need for a Leap of Reason
We will need nothing short of quantum, nonprofit sector-wide change to accomplish our important missions in this new era of brutal austerity.
We will need nothing short of quantum, nonprofit sector-wide change to accomplish our important missions in this new era of brutal austerity.
All this year, I have been writing a blue streak — here, here, and here — on the topic of “managing to outcomes.”
Now, I want to offer some thoughts on what the nonprofit community and those that serve it can do to nurture and support the profound culture change that managing to outcomes requires.
In brief, I believe there are two overarching actions that the nonprofit community must take to change the norms in our sector. First, we must demonstrate the desirability of outcomes-based management to increase demand and acceptance. We can do this by showing what’s possible, illustrating how managing to outcomes helps nonprofits do what they do better, and rewarding successful adoption of outcomes-based management that leads to increased benefit for those served... (continue reading this blog post)