Even if your not-for-profit organisation does not wish to provide feedback on these drafts, you may find it helpful to review these resources with a view to updating your risk register before the new requirements take effect early next year.
What’s your ‘stake’, and why are you holding it?
What is ‘at stake’ when we debate policy options is one of the key dimensions for argument, especially when there are differences of opinion about what ‘good’ is sought from the implementation of a proposed policy measure.
Eye on the ball? Board resistance to talking about governance
This is like footballers saying, ‘we want to play better football but don’t talk to us about the rules of the game or how to handle the ball’.
‘Carrots, Sticks and Sermons’ – sorting policy types
If public and governance policies were the only types we had to deal with there might be less confusion, however in associations, charities and other not-for-profit organisations we also use the term ‘policy’ in other ways
Seeking (policy) truth in a post-truth world
Progressive thinkers have given us valuable insights into the concept of ‘relative truth’, but we sometimes need to be reminded that not all truths are relative. Regrettably, certain forces have co-opted the recognition of relative truth to label all truth as a personal matter, so that we now find inconvenient truths are labelled as ‘your… Continue reading Seeking (policy) truth in a post-truth world
Are you a ‘policy worker’?
The policy role within not-for-profit (NFP) organisations is a highly significant one, and yet the role and duties of policy workers are not well recognised or defined. Role Titles Who does the policy work in your organisation? What is the nature of that work, and how does it relate to your organisation’s purpose? Some larger… Continue reading Are you a ‘policy worker’?
About ‘Taking care of the present’
This blog title was borrowed from a comment by one of the greatest change agents of the modern era, Mahatma (Mohandas Karamchand) Gandhi. He said: “I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present“. His point of course, was that all we ever have to work in is… Continue reading About ‘Taking care of the present’