Sharing some exciting news! I wanted to share some exciting news with you — that my global philanthropy advising firm, Putnam Consulting Group, has won
Are you looking for juicy and outrageous stories about bad philanthropists? Many people bought my second book, with its title Delusional Altruism, because they were
Do this fun exercise to focus most on what brings you joy As the holiday season approaches, many of us are reminded frequently that this
Is Strategic Friction Slowing You Down? To increase your strategic momentum, you need to eliminate strategic friction. There’s nothing like a global catastrophe to jolt
Spine-chilling fear can be invoked in the hearts and minds of grantees when they hear their funder say, “We need to start our strategic planning.”
Are you the kind of leader philanthropy needs right now? We often think of a good leader as someone who goes first. A person who wouldn’t ask
Here are 8 ways you might be contributing to this problem! A serious but largely overlooked problem in philanthropy is feeling overwhelmed. As odd as
Don’t panic, you got this! There are 84 working days until the end of the year. Take away three weeks for end-of-year holidays and other
Last week I received this email from a foundation CEO: “I do have your book and it’s just fabulous. You are really one of the best
If you want to quickly improve your philanthropy, start by asking yourself these 10 questions. It’s hard to imagine something more inspiring related to collective
You can quickly shift from planning to doing by following these four easy steps. Philanthropy focuses a lot of time and brainpower on the how-to
Long before the pandemic hit, it was clear philanthropy needed an overhaul. But the health and economic crisis, combined with a national racial reckoning, forced