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Newsletter – “May I Die Now?” by Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

I’m one of those guys who would like to go to heaven but I’m not willing to die to get there. So reading Atul Gawande’s “Being Mortal” was not easy...
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Newsletter: Looking Before Leaping

October 15, 2019

Great organizations depend on great research and all ideas can and should be tested before  being rolled out into the market. [more] My first learning about research was probably from...
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Newsletter: Lesson 2: Why Build a Traditional Organization to do Non-traditional Work?

October 15, 2019

Author’s note: This is the second in a series of articles regarding the mistakes I’ve made in developing our foundation over these first 14 years.  A friend recently sent me...
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Newsletter – “Keep Going” by Bill Leamon

October 15, 2019

Note from Tim: Our Foundation’s Managing Director, Bill Leamon, wrote an update for our board recently about a young man he is mentoring named Chris, and I asked him to...
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Newsletter: It’s Harder to be Unhappy

October 15, 2019

Once we see the truth as it is, we can still view things optimistically and our plans gain more traction by doing so. [more] How do I know? I’ve worked...
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Newsletter: Into Africa

October 15, 2019

During an immersion trip to Africa, Joe Cistone of IPM asked me to help him with the business side of the organization, the beginning of a great partnership. [more] My...
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Newsletter: Intentions and Actions

October 15, 2019

Often our intentions in business are quite different than our actions, which causes organizational and communication dissonance. [more] At a team meeting recently, Bill Leamon said something I hope I...
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Incremental Gains

October 15, 2019

The big idea is elusive, at best, and can take years to develop.  So, the best organizations develop a consistent pattern of small gains and progress while they’re looking for...
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Newsletter: I Am From

October 15, 2019

A poor teenager from a bad neighborhood overcomes her obstacles and heads for Brown University – leaving a wonderful poem to contemplate as she does. [more] Editor's Note: Anything below...
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Newsletter: How are Your Bones?

October 15, 2019

Great organizations are built on fundamentally solid foundations – otherwise known as “great bones”. [more] As expected, Joe Cistone, CEO of International Partners in Mission, was a smash hit at...
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