Tailwinds: Ideas Fueling Nonprofit Innovators and Social Entrepreneurs
Tailwinds is a project that brings momentum to the leaders tackling the world’s most impossible problems.
Created by Flying Whale Strategies, the show delivers ideas, insight, and energy to the people doing work that often feels impossible.
Each episode features brass tacks strategy that can be implemented tomorrow. Hillary Frances interviews social sector leaders who are in the messy middle of building their organizations. And since we are talking about bold solutions to intractable problems, she also brings in insight from the for-profit world.
Tailwinds: Ideas Fueling Nonprofit Innovators and Social Entrepreneurs
Latest Episodes
What If nonprofits had product designers?
The for-profit world has product engineers, design sprints, and rapid iteration cycles. The nonprofit sector has… a debrief meeting. In this episode, Hillary asks what would happen if we closed that gap.Hillary breaks down what a "produc...
How to build a less hierarchical org chart
Description: The nonprofit sector is drawn to the idea of flat org charts — but most organizations don't have great examples of what that actually looks like in practice. Why do we cling to hierarchy even when it conflicts with the value...
How to prepare for the King Tide Era
The nonprofit sector is entering a King Tide Era — a convergence of political, economic, and environmental pressures that won’t just strain the social sector, but fundamentally reconfigure it. Hillary explores uncomfortable question...
Supervisors as teachers not bosses
Frontline supervisors might be the key to our workplace culture. And they may need our attention. Supervisors are asked to do everything — schedule, train, manage quality, order supplies, write reports. And yet the one skill that might actually...