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Leading Generously

This post is a heads-up of sorts; I’ve got a project I’ve been working on for a bit now, and I’m hoping y’all can help with it.

The project is a follow-up to Generous Thinking (which, oh by the way, will be out in paperback in January!), designed as one answer to the question yes okay but how do we start. It can be used as a workshop guide, or with a small reading group, or on your own as you think about ways to create change within your institution. It’s brief — right now a bit too brief — and approachable, I hope. And it’s directed to anyone, in any role within a mission-driven organization, who believes that there’s a better way.

There are several things I could use your help with as I continue to work on this project. Some are the standard online-peer-review issues: is the thing working, and how could it work better.

But there are more substantial issues as well. This project has been written from my own perspective, based in my own experiences, and for that reason it’s quite limited. What I am hoping is to hear about your experiences with institutional change — good and bad. I want to know about the peculiarities of your institutional type, of your local environment, of your national system. I want to include a much broader range of examples in the guide, and perhaps a few illustrative case studies. And for that I need your help.

There are currently eleven chapters in the project draft, each of which is slightly longer than the average blog post. Some of them are in better shape than others. I’m going to post the first chapter tomorrow, and my plan is to post one each Tuesday morning until the whole thing is up, which should take us through the first Tuesday in 2021.

I’d love your feedback on each chapter as it stands, but I really, really want to hear about your own experiences and questions and concerns. You’re of course welcome to leave them in the comments on each post, but if you prefer, you’re also welcome to email me at kfitz @ kfitz.info.

Huge thanks, in advance. Hope to see you back here tomorrow!

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