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Governance Is a Journey: How APICS Built Trust, Resilience, and Growth

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When Abe Eshkenazi stepped into his role as CEO of APICS in 2006, he inherited more than an organization facing financial strainhe faced a governance structure mired in distrust and inefficiency. How often do you assess whether your board structure aligns with your current strategic goals? No surprises.

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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

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He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. If we spend even as short of time as we do brushing our teeth nourishing our mind, our findings and the findings of other scientists show that this world would be a different place, he adds.

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How to hire and structure a growth team

TechCrunch

Some of the early writing on growth teams says that they can be structured individually as their own standalone team or as a SWAT model, where experts from various other departments in the organization converge on a regular cadence to solve for growth. I find that if problems don’t have a real owner, they’re not going to get solved.

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Follow This Sentence Structure To Effectively Communicate Fundraising Goals

Bloomerang

That change in language paints a more specific picture in the mind of the audience and helps hold the organization accountable. Here is a sentence structure you can work with when creating impact goals: Help us ACTION (such as serve, build, house, feed, educate, etc.) AMOUNT NOUN (such as animals, people, homes, meals, etc.)

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Scientists Discover Black Hole So Gigantic That You Will Quiver in Existential Terror

Futurism

Astronomers have discovered a black hole so mind-bogglingly large, trying to get a grasp of how big it really is could induce an existential crisis. This map could shed more light on dark matter, the mysterious stuff that scientists believe holds the structures of the universe together.

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Why OpenAI is trying to untangle its 'bespoke' corporate structure

Engadget

On the Friday after Christmas, OpenAI published a blog post titled "Why OpenAI's structure must evolve to advance our mission." Why is OpenAI pursuing a PBC structure? First and foremost, a PBC structure whether it's private or selling share on the open market would get OpenAI out from under that non-distribution constraint.

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A look at 15 best and (almost) free mind mapping tools for nonprofits

Candid

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive. Why use mind maps in your nonprofit practice? Mind maps can help you: Plan nonprofit projects.

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