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On a recent zoom meeting with peer consultants we considered places we felt stuck. Some were torn between a choice of professional...
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Susan Loucks
Aug 102 min read
Ready to Role
If our objective is egalitarian workplaces we may feel we’re taking down big structures and pushing against huge systems. The...
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Susan Loucks
Jun 102 min read
Summer Reading Guide
There are plenty of places you can find well-vetted lists of recommended recreational reading for your trip to the beach. Summers,...
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Susan Loucks
Apr 102 min read
Putting the "Us" in Pluribus
A couple of years ago (!) I wrote a post about the often-unrealized potential of group decision-making processes. Recently some...
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Susan Loucks
Feb 102 min read
Just Add "Yes"
I recently taught a full-day class on leadership to a fabulous group of nonprofit professionals. As part of the curriculum, I covered...
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Susan Loucks
Dec 10, 20232 min read
Nobody Gets Out Alive
Around this time, we play-act at closing a year, secure in knowing we’re not really passing anything more than an arbitrary buoy in the...
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Susan Loucks
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Adulting
There’s one aspect of distributed-power organizations that always particularly resonates with me: moving away from parent-child...
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Susan Loucks
Aug 11, 20232 min read
Business as Unusual
It was November 2014, and we had just learned that a St. Louis grand jury had decided not to indict the police officer who shot Michael...
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Susan Loucks
Jun 10, 20234 min read
Everything Created Must First Be Imagined
I recently guest authored a blog post for the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations, and since it reflects some of my...
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Susan Loucks
Apr 10, 20232 min read
When RFP Means...
You have a commitment to equity, anti-racism, and/or anti-colonialism. Your organization is contributing to change. You are determined...
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Susan Loucks
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Unearthing
A friend told me the story of a relatively new employee where she works. She’d changed departments and was no longer available for...
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Susan Loucks
Dec 10, 20222 min read
What Lies Beneath
Last month I reluctantly watched as dozens of Giving Tuesday emails rolled into my inbox. While they were often well-crafted and...
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Susan Loucks
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Gold Without the Idol?
Earlier, I discussed problems that come from focusing at the person at the top instead of the whole organization - and yet I felt...
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Susan Loucks
Aug 10, 20222 min read
The Committee Conundrum
This situation may feel familiar: A committee is tasked with helping to answer a question, and brings a recommendation to the larger...
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Susan Loucks
Jun 10, 20222 min read
In Your Debt
Conversations earlier this year about national and student debt reminded me of a different framing for debt I learned of last year. When...
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Susan Loucks
Apr 10, 20222 min read
Laws of Heat and Power
I hadn’t thought about thermodynamics since high school, probably, until I was turned on to the idea that those laws might have some...
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Susan Loucks
Feb 10, 20222 min read
Love me, Love my Organization
As my chosen field is organizational development, it might be obvious that I love organizations. It’s real – I have heartfelt tenderness...
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Susan Loucks
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Questioning the Questions
I know when my fascination with questions started. I was watching a video in a training session as a young adult. On screen, a skilled...
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Susan Loucks
Oct 10, 20212 min read
Patterns of Power
I’m reading the latest Robin DiAngelo book “Nice Racism”, and am struck by how she examines the way her own behaviors live up to her...
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Susan Loucks
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Betting on the Jockey
When I moved to Pittsburgh in 2015 I needed to get my bearings and scheduled interviews with a number of people knowledgeable in...
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