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Also published at the Huffington Post. People who set out to change the world often get the feeling they may have to settle for a few square feet.Poverty, violence, hunger, disease and injustice are made of resilient stuff, to say nothing of self-interest, bureaucracy and sheer complexity.That's why an event like this year's Nonprofit Management Institute conference is so … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons for Hope From a Gathering of Nonprofit Leaders

Also published at the Huffington Post. There's a story often told in nonprofit circles to inspire hope. It's the one about the starfish, which in one version goes like this:A man is walking on a beach and comes across a little girl tossing stranded starfish back into the water. Seeing the multitudes of other starfish, he asks, "Does that really make a difference?""It does to … [Read more...] about Are Nonprofits Designed to Fail?

Also published at the Huffington Post. Every super-villain has a lair.And in every super-villain's lair, there is a gorgeous companion, a weird sidekick, and... the desk.The sleek, perfectly uncluttered desk, from which our super-villain will rule the world. On it may be a sleek computer, the desktop of which is itself perfectly uncluttered, aside from the Go button for the … [Read more...] about I Want a Desk Like a Super-Villain’s: Will Intelligent Agents Give Me One?

Also published at the Huffington Post. Recently, I've been thinking about what comes after the current rage for content marketing. As I argue here and here, I think that over the long term, the over-abundance of content will lead to "no-content marketing." But even now, we're seeing the next step along the way: what we can call "meaning marketing." Meaning is what people … [Read more...] about Why Meaning is the Future of Marketing — and How These 3 Companies Are Pointing the Way