Over the course of my career, I’ve become increasingly comfortable with—and, in fact, proud of—being in sales. (I would go so far as to say salespeople actually run the world. Happy to argue that with you over coffee.) Sales is the act of turning a zero into a one (I’m reclaiming that from Peter Thiel).… Continue reading Sell Me This Pen
hostadinner.org: Simple guide to intentional dinners
This moment requires a lot from all of us. Leadership. Courage. Time. Connection. Shared risk. It also requires money — directed to the people and work that need it most. One of the things I think about a lot, as a professional fundraiser, is how to get more of what fundraisers actually know into the… Continue reading hostadinner.org: Simple guide to intentional dinners
How We Organize Power
Following my fun+indulgent post about how power flows from form, and the more strategic+applied post laying out a design framework for wielding that power, I asked AI to generate a expansive list of all the ways humans organize power, money, and each other. It’s meant to map the full possibility space of organizational forms you… Continue reading How We Organize Power
Geoffrey MacDougall 