Beware the Universal
Beware the Universal I have long found wisdom in the uses of a small scale. It has been decades since I read FritzBSchumaker’s book Small is Beautiful. It speaks to both the enrichment from smaller “humanscale” and the frequent diseconomies of large sizes.My colleagues in Results 1 st are working with groups that have this theme well in mind. Theyseek place-based development in which the...
Made to Stick
Hal’s Blog- I was rereading my many underlining’s in a book by this title last night as I unpacked boxes for our winter in Florida. Dan and Chip Heath’s 2007 explanations of why some ideas last and others die are—sadly—just as relevant today as when they wrote it
At rest or in motion?
Hal’s blog- “…products stay at rest because they are internally defined by what they are, not the motion to put them to use. People stay at rest not because they don’t want to do better but that they lack clear steps forward…”
Paying for Results…or the motivation to achieve them
Hal’s blog-I once worked with a Connecticut foundation whose grantee ran an afterschool program for struggling middle school students. We had been provided a list of students who did significantly better in school during the year they attended this program.
Increasing the voltage of ideas and their impact
Hal’s Blog- ….Understand the role of key people and how difficult they are to scale. Design for what you will get….
Starting Big. Ending Bigger
Hal’s Blog- In Results1st we often speak of trying things at a small scale and building on what works. Some ideas, however, need a significant critical mass even for the first application. My partner Robyn Faucy illustrated that while CEO of Neuro Challenge, a multicounty leader for persons with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers.
Where and How to Scale Nonprofit Success
Hal’s Blog -Over breakfast recently with a very smart foundation leader, John Annis, we discussed our shared interest in growing successful programs and organizations.
“Data Driven”
If I had a penny for every admonition heard or read to be driven by data, my financial cup would runneth over.
Simplifying Success
Less is more often the short stick when it comes to aspiration and activity but the trump card when it comes to impact. Studies repeatedly show, for example, that people buy more when they have four choices than when they have 20. If you are selling something — whether carrots or an idea — that’s important.I once worked with a Washington...