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#11 - Latest Exploratory Research Implies a Need for New Solutions to Persistent Sector Challenges

June 25, 2024

We know WHAT needs to be fixed. Our focus now needs to be on the “HOW”. - How are we going to achieve the changes and solutions we seek? This blog proposes some specific pragmatic solutions.

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#10 - The One Thing We Cannot Do is Nothing

June 4, 2024

The proverbial glass is half empty, and the biggest risk our sector faces is to do nothing about it. We know the WHATs. We now need to focus on the HOWs. - We need Ottawa to systemize changes because Sector solutions are not happening voluntarily. And such new policies need to make for 'good politics' if we hope to achieve success. We need to focus on just a few top priorities, build a strong sense of support, and show low political risk. We need to show popular support among voters/taxpayers.

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#9 - Evolving Beyond Charity Towards a Social-Purpose Sector

May 28, 2024

With 75,000+ charities in Canada, we must have significant duplication, fragmented expertise, siloed efforts, unnecessary overheads, and great inefficiencies, overall. What if we considered a more relevant and effective ecosystem? I am thinking about a set of independent national “Mission Centric Agencies” (MCAs); One national “MCA” for each of the 30-50 key missions deemed most important to our communities...

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#8 - Sharing My Top 3 Strategic Priorities for The Charity Sector

May 21, 2024

To focus sector efforts, we need to be strategic in selecting the top 2-3 most important issues. I propose they would be: (1) Bring in more resources; (2) Strengthen staffing and ability to deliver charitable services; and (3) Improve efficiency/efficacy of delivery.

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#7 - How to Source the Financial Resources to Drive Progress?

May 14, 2024

It is critical to develop an independent source of funding outside of the political ecosystem to support the necessary sector innovations we seek. I propose consideration for a new "Social Sector Fund" (funded by the Sector, not Ottawa), and a related Sector Fund Agency to govern the Fund.

#6 - “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci

May 10, 2024

Typically, it is the role of the CEO of a company to determine the strategic direction and to identify the top three priorities which must be accomplished in the year. If we had a sector CEO, what would be the top three strategic issues? - We need to develop a strategic plan to address the growing charity gap in Canada, and to optimize and guide our priorities.

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#5 - Setting Up to Succeed

May 7, 2024

To pursue “good politics”, and to be pragmatic about progress, there are certain elements and sector characteristics which we need to appreciate. If we ignore these, we will likely fail to move forward.

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#4 - How to Achieve the Changes We Need for a Stronger Social Sector

April 30, 2024

In Ottawa, change requires pragmatism, focus, and political savvy. Idealism rarely works in a peaceful, democratic, political system. We must face the realities of ‘good politics’ and incrementalism to achieve better results.

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#3 - Lacking a Meaningful Incentive to Change

April 20, 2024

The charity sector lacks a mechanism which truly rewards innovation. In default, the sector focuses more on process than purpose. With so many lives dependent on the charitable sector, we need to adopt a greater urgency to do better. We need to change...

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#2 - Houston, ... We Have a Problem

April 15, 2024

The charity sector is facing some serious challenges with a growing charity gap between demand and supply. But we should not place all of the solutions on the shoulders of politicians. It has failed the sector to-date. Instead, the charity sector should own its problems and find independent solutions

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#1 - If the N-P sector did not exist, we would wish to invent it.

April 5, 2024

Capitalism has produced a lot of good, but it has some shortcomings. Some argue that we do not need the charity sector if only our governments better delivered the social services we need. But that is too simplistic and fails to appreciate the many additional benefits the charitable sector brings. Nonetheless, the charity sector also needs some oversight on behalf of taxpayers. Read on...

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