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Integrity Alone Will Get You Outplayed
Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center on the corporate doubt playbook from tobacco to climate, and why values-led organizations need more than…
May 19
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Eric Ressler
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Brandmaxxing or Debranding: Pick Your Side
Eric and Jonathan debate the brandmaxxing vs. debranding spectrum and why the sector has been stuck on the wrong end.
May 12
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Eric Ressler
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Jonathan Hicken
1
Trust No One Is Exactly What Authoritarians Want
Joel Breakstone on the dangerous space between healthy skepticism and total cynicism, and how to teach people the difference.
May 5
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Eric Ressler
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Joel Breakstone
2
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April 2026
Visibility Beats Impact
The moral objection to self-promotion is quietly starving good organizations of the resources they need.
Apr 28
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Eric Ressler
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Jonathan Hicken
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Who Actually Gets a Seat at the Table?
Taylor Stuckert, CEO of Lead for America, on the uncomfortable tradeoffs between participation and progress.
Apr 21
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Eric Ressler
1
Most of Your Brand Strategy is a Waste of Time
Eric and Jonathan tier-rank the elements of brand strategy and cut through the process theater that keeps nonprofits busy but not better.
Apr 14
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Eric Ressler
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Jonathan Hicken
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2
AI Doesn't Know What Empathy Looks Like
Tina-Marie Gulley, former CEO of Ada Developers Academy, on why the people creating technology should reflect the people affected by it.
Apr 7
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Eric Ressler
1
March 2026
Funders Don't Owe You Anything
Eric and Jonathan debate whether nonprofit entitlement is killing fundraising relationships, and who's really responsible for fixing philanthropy.
Mar 31
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Eric Ressler
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Jonathan Hicken
1
1
1
Inside charity:water's Big Brand Bet
Brady Josephson, Head of Growth & Innovation at charity:water, on why the nonprofit sector's obsession with bottom-of-funnel marketing is hollowing out…
Mar 24
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Eric Ressler
1
1
Who Are You Becoming?
The one question that stops social impact leaders in their tracks, and why your answer matters more than your strategic plan.
Mar 17
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Eric Ressler
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Jonathan Hicken
2
4
Storytelling Needs an Ecosystem
Heather Mason on why the social sector's obsession with problem framing is killing its ability to build visions people actually want to fund.
Mar 10
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Eric Ressler
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WTF Even is Strategy?
Why conviction matters more than your strategic plan
Mar 3
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Eric Ressler
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Jonathan Hicken
2
4
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