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2026

Frameworks, not politicians, run the UK governmentoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2026
Why food banks will never be obsolete in Scotlandoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
Where tech platforms and governments are taking us – a scenario for 2045original ↗
18 Jul 2026
Internet surveillance is driving me back to 1990s computingoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
Working across time and space: a neurodivergent way of workingoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
Brexit was a legitimate economic experiment that was never actually conductedoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
The types of rich people I want in my countryoriginal ↗
19 May 2026
Where has Scottish industry gone? An African perspective on three centuries of industrial rise and declineoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
An island at risk: Britain’s undersea infrastructure and the threat beneathoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
Everyone complains about the money. Nobody asks where it comes from.original ↗
7 Apr 2026
My brief foray into the field of cybersecurity, and what I learned from itoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2026
Would I have been mentored in a world full of AIs?original ↗
26 Mar 2026
Reflections on the UK’s energy policyoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2026
Valuing writings of human wisdom untouched by AIoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2026

2025

Diversity is an asset when…original ↗
22 Sept 2025
Getting governance right: Why people and conversations matter mostoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2025
Fixing problems upstream in an age of austerityoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2025

2024

Year-end reflection for 2024original ↗
13 Dec 2024
How funding shortages affected South African charities and what their UK equivalents might learn from thisoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2024
Reflecting on the challenges of three years of integrating into the UKoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2024
Advice for organisations trying to recruit staff in the UK’s third sectororiginal ↗
17 Jun 2024
My productivity and knowledge management systemoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2024

2023

Year-end reflection for 2023original ↗
12 Dec 2023
Community Wealth Building is an increasingly popular approach to local economic development in the United Kingdomoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2023
AIs cannot produce art; only humans canoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2023
Three challenges when rebooting your career in a new country at age 50original ↗
26 Aug 2023
Artificial intelligence is a disruptive technology that humanity will use much like others it has inventedoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2023
The are two opposite ways of laying out a report – one for academics and one for consultantsoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2023
The opportunities and dangers associated with a large and lucrative source of incomeoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2023
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is a useful tool for understanding the challenges facing communities in Scotlandoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2023
Good implementation is more important than social innovationoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2023
Framework for writing a strategic plan for a charity or social enterpriseoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2023

2022

Year-end reflection for 2022original ↗
12 Dec 2022
‘Heroes’ versus ‘programmers’: two common archetypes of entrepreneursoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2022
Seven insights into volunteering in Scotland and designing an effective volunteer programmeoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2022
The likely impact of the cost of living crisis in the United Kingdom on charities and social enterprises and what they can do about itoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2022
Nine-month reflection on living and working in Scotland after almost five decades in South Africaoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2022
Strategy & social enterprise glossaryoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2022

2021

Year end reflection for 2021original ↗
10 Dec 2021
The OODA loop can help your organization to become more adaptableoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2021
Tool for mapping the business model of your non-profit organization or social enterpriseoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2021
It is so much easier to destroy than to buildoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2021
Feeling distressed about the rioting and looting that is taking place in South Africaoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2021
Five ways for a non-profit organization to earn more incomeoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2021
Inductive and deductive reasoning can help us to solve complex strategic and social problemsoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2021
Virtual organizations and remote working require more than technology to succeedoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2021
Founder’s syndrome undermines the legacy of strong leadersoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2021
Be hopeful, not optimisticoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2021
Ten things I have learned while working with impact investment funds in Africaoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2021

2020

End-of-year reflection for 2020original ↗
12 Dec 2020
CSI must change gear to confront the new realityoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2020
When you apply for impact investment, don’t make these mistakes in your application!original ↗
16 Sept 2020
Does your organization have FOGO?original ↗
25 Aug 2020
Leaders must confront their brutal truths but never give up their hopesoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2020
The four outcomes of good leadershiporiginal ↗
19 Jun 2020
Summary of four project budgeting methodsoriginal ↗
24 May 2020
Recent events have made our decisions simpler but not easieroriginal ↗
21 May 2020
Perspectives when assessing or designing a strategyoriginal ↗
14 May 2020
Four methods that non-profit organizations can use to develop project budgets for their funding proposalsoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2020
My thoughts on the shifts that this pandemic may encourage in South Africaoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2020
When are business ideas good ideas?original ↗
5 Mar 2020
Enterprise and supplier development (SED) for non-profits and social enterprisesoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2020

2019

End-of-year reflection for 2019original ↗
12 Dec 2019
Why a management consultant uses an iPad for most of his workoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2019
Identifying Simple, Complex and Wicked Problemsoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2019
How to develop a philosophy, vision and mission for your organizationoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2019
Passion is earned not foundoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2019
Manifesto on strategic clarityoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2019
Estimating probabilities is key to strategyoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2019
“The Pumpkin Plan”: a focused strategy for growing organizationsoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019
Pitch deck for customers and donorsoriginal ↗
23 May 2019
Unique opportunities for social enterprises with a for-profit legal formoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2019
Work on a few strategic shifts at a timeoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2019
Leading “start-ups” versus established organizationsoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2019
Thoughts on the Social Economy Strategy in South Africaoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2019
Governance versus management in non-profit organizationsoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2019

2018

End-of-year reflection for 2018original ↗
10 Dec 2018
Social enterprise: converging social and profit missionsoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2018
Reduce overwhelm by fine-tuning your organization’s systemsoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2018
Assessment for revenue strategyoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2018
Assessment for income-generation strategyoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2018
Keeping your non-profit organization going: which strategy do you need?original ↗
19 Oct 2018
Income sources and typesoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2018
A month in a consultant’s life: how I spent my timeoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2018
“Necessary endings”: why we need to make them to move forwardoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2018
Charity and philanthropy need to work hand in handoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2018
Donors 10% overhead requirements do more harm than goodoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2018
Setting up a side business: it is not the “holy grail”original ↗
21 Jun 2018
Market don’t fundraise!original ↗
4 Jun 2018
Brand is a magnet for opportunityoriginal ↗
28 May 2018
Career advice for a young professional in the social sectororiginal ↗
15 May 2018
Strategic conversations are more important than strategic planningoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2018
Social enterprise journeyoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2018
How a business can become a social enterpriseoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2018
How a lean cost structure can improve financial sustainabilityoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2018

2017

End-of-year reflection for 2017original ↗
13 Dec 2017
Ten characteristics of a social enterprise mindsetoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2017
The many facets of social enterpriseoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2017
Six income tactics that all social enterprises can pursueoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2017
Ten confusions about legal forms that will get in your wayoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2017
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