Blog – Page 3 – Reimagine. Strategy.

February 2, 2026

Centralized Specificity

I have a love/hate relationship with centralization.

It’s a tension I see all the time. In federations, what is the optimal level of shared service to be provided by the national office to gain efficiencies, while still maintaining local personality and autonomy? In community development, where does it make sense to amalgamate back-office functions while maintaining specificity of neighbourhood or cultural preference? In philanthropy, granting committees would rather receive a single, coordinated funding proposal than a dozen similar, disjointed ones.

January 26, 2026

Collective Missions

I work with a lot of nonprofit Boards of Directors.

I’m noticing that the ones I enjoy the most are the Boards who understand their role primarily as advancing the organization’s mission more than advancing the organization’s existence.

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026

Who’s the You?

At a leadership camp in high school, we played a game called “Win as much as you can.” The punchline of the experience (that obviously made an impact, because I’m telling you about it 40 years later!) was that the “you” was plural, not singular. The winners were a team, not an individual — much to the disappointment of the individuals who thought they’d been successful in their solitary pursuit of the victory.

January 12, 2026January 19, 2026

New Levels of the Same Game

“We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the programme of life’s morning; for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie.” ~ Carl Jung

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Know the Game You’re Playing

As I type this, it’s the first day back to work after a couple of glorious weeks of family time. And although a quieter house and cooking for fewer people is easier, I wasn’t yet craving getting back into routine. (Having to brush the snow off my car both before and after my 6 a.m. gym class did not improve my mood this morning!)