“Insights” is where I think out loud about the work — the patterns I see across boards, executive leadership, and the teams doing the work directly with the people, communities, or systems an organization serves; the questions clients ask me most; and the lessons that don’t always make it into a final deliverable.
This isn’t a place for generic advice about mission-driven organizations that you could get anywhere. It’s where I write about the things I encounter in the field: How trauma-informed practice changes the way you engage with everyone in your ecosystem…from a board meeting to a community partner to a survivor or whistleblower coming forward to a coalition navigating a contentious multi-stakeholder decision. What institutional courage looks like when a governing body has to hold a hard conversation about a coach or program under scrutiny. Why a strategic plan fails in year two, and what survivor engagement requires beyond a seat at the table.
You’ll also hear from voices beyond mine. From time to time, this space includes posts from Birds of a Feather, (the Flock of trusted colleagues I partner with) and other practitioners I respect and have learned from firsthand in this work.
Some posts will be short and practical, such as a checklist, a framework, or a way to think about a problem differently. Others will be longer reflections drawn from decades of work in gender-based violence, athlete safeguarding, human rights, and organizational leadership. All of it is meant to be useful to you, whether or not we ever work together directly.
Nonprofit and social impact leaders, board members, and changemakers who want a practical, experience-based perspective on the work, not theory.
