Dave Algoso·Mar 9, 2022Presence is a privilegeIn January, at the height of the omicron surge, our kid’s school was shut down for the third time in as many months. Our four-year-old was…
Dave Algoso·Jul 7, 2021Facilitating, fast and slowCovid changed everyone’s work, including mine. What changes will stick?
Dave Algoso·May 25, 2021How we responded: social change strategy during CovidIf you work in social change, the last year called on you to do one of five things: recommit, reframe, reorient, rethink, or reimagine.
Dave Algoso·May 20, 2021Three myths about strategy refreshesHey, it’s strategy refresh season! Some organizations started 2021 by pausing to reflect on their strategy, but maybe you’ve gotten halfway…A response icon1A response icon1
Dave Algoso·Jun 11, 2020Scenario planning for beginnersThe COVID pandemic turned the world upside down. Here are two methods of planning for the future, and some factors to consider.A response icon1A response icon1
Dave Algoso·Mar 28, 2020Welcome to Peak Uncertainty. Population: You (and Your Team).Peak Uncertainty. By that, I’m not referring to the peak of the pandemic, but to the period where we have the least clarity and con
Dave Algoso·Mar 23, 2020Famines are man-made. So are pandemics.There’s an important idea from the humanitarian sector that famines are not natural disasters. They’re not caused by crop loss or droughts…
Dave Algoso·Feb 14, 2019What’s the value of an unwritten strategy?Ask anyone if they have a strategy, and the answer is usually “yes”. But ask them to show it to you, and they might sheepishly admit it’s…
Dave Algoso·Sep 14, 2018How to change the social change sector: creative conveners, trade associations, and other modelsThe social change sector circles the wagons when criticized by outsiders, but among ourselves, we cringe thinking of the ways we could do…
