Spoilt for choice
It’s often said that strategy is as much about choosing what not to do, as it is about choosing what to do. And in a complex world with expansive thinking, that array of possibilities can be bewildering.
Author Archives: Martyn Drake
Perspectives on the future
The call over recent months for a full return to office-based working shows not just a lack of vision but a profound failure of leadership to adapt.
Webinar: Non-profit leadership
Tues 14th December 5pm to 6pm. Join me and nonprofit leadership expert Patton McDowell to debate how we can develop the non-profit leaders of the future.
A time to talk
We can get far more from our in-person interactions than mere productivity. We can get ideas, inspiration, creative thinking. We can get a space to genuinely bounce off and explore. We can get a time, just to talk.
CEO Breakfast January 2022
Thursday 20th January 2022 8am to 9:45am – How can we build better, stronger, more purposeful coalitions, and embrace collaborative working to unlock the full potential of our collective impact?
Hospice UK Annual Conference
Thursday 4th November 2021: Martyn will be speaking at the Hospice UK annual conference on the topic of innovation and earned income opportunities
Surpassing the limits of charity
There is a broad and fertile valley between the opposing mountain ranges of selfless charitable altruism and naked commercial self-interest.
A strategy for success
What does success look like for your organisation? And if I asked each of your team, your executives, and your trustees that same question, would they all answer in broadly the same way?
A climate for collaboration
Collaboration between organisations within the sector has never been more essential, so how can we break down the barriers that seem perennially to prevent us from making it actually happen?
Why we don’t do what we should
Why is it, that even when we know what we need to do, and why we need to do it, we still don’t? Because there are four “traps” we need to avoid if we want to succeed.