Amongst charity KPIs, the single key metric (if there can be only one) is arguably total charity impact per time period. To improve charity performance, either the total impact can be improved. Or the time period shortened somehow. A prerequisite (table stakes) to improving charitable impact is to maintain relevance to the targeted beneficiary groupContinue Reading One single Charity KPI?
As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, with beneficiary demand pivoting and soaring, UK charities are in general modernising rather too slowly. The slow modernisation rate isn’t for lack of trying. Charity workers in general have always had huge passion and big hearts – something that deserves massive, enduring respect and aContinue Reading Charity Impact
What do political parties have in common with charities? Both are voted out by their initial supporters when they fail in their impact. Impact can be diluted when they become less relevant to their supporter’s needs. But also, when it’s clear they are helping progressively fewer supporters over time, even if many needs per supporterContinue Reading Political Parties and Charities
In a constantly evolving world, arguably the only kind of tradition that matters is the tradition of flexibility. Monopolies, specialist expertise and economies of scale aside, sources of net value may be fleeting. But flexibility is there for the long haul. So why not make your business strategy and entity goals about not just buildingContinue Reading Investment Gains from Leveraging Business Flexibility
How fast should your organisation modernise? Four ways to view this are (1) through the eyes of your key customers – ideally modernise faster than their changing needs (2) relative to your competitors (3) relative to peers in your sector who aren’t your competitors and (4) fast enough to stay compliant with the regulator ofContinue Reading Business Modernisation Rate
‘What if’, scenario planning can foster useful discussion on the kind of future can you expect. Such planning helps a organisation decide whether it should take actions now, in anticipation of various potential futures. Those actions might involve considering; innovation, efficiency and resource focus for greater impact. Unfortunately, in the not for profit sector, manyContinue Reading Scenario Planning, BCP, Risk Registers and Real Options Portfolios
The media frequently report on extreme weather events battering coastlines and causing flooding, whether storms in the UK, hurricanes in the Caribbean, typhoons in South East Asia or cyclones in the South Pacific. Such events cause huge problems for emergency services teams, insurance companies, government environmental agencies, tourism operators, utility companies, boat-run businesses andContinue Reading Business Flexibility, Resilience and Extreme Weather Threats
Workforce resilience arguably includes three aspects; protection, durability and healing. This article examines the middle one, durability (wear and tear) in more detail. Emergency services teams and the military are great HR examples of team resiliency under a range of unexpected, or unplanned operating conditions. The team is tested, sometimes to breaking point. They relyContinue Reading Workplace Resiliency – Durability
Workforce resilience arguably includes three aspects; protection, durability and healing. This article examines the final one, healing in more detail. Health workers are experts in helping people heal after illness or accident. They may even have multiple healing options at their disposal. They adapt the treatments as needed. In the A&E/ER environment, medics handle multipleContinue Reading Workplace Resilience – Healing Rates
McKinsey & Co, World renown strategic consultants, in their article ‘Resilience for sustainable, inclusive growth’, publishing online in June 2022 state that ‘resilience should be seen as the ability to deal with adversity, withstand shocks and continuously adapt and accelerate as disruptions and crises arise over time.’ Meanwhile, sleicest-consulting.org.uk has developed a slightly different definition:Continue Reading Resilience defined