Mark Holmgren
Mark Holmgren
Mark Holmgren Consulting
Mark Holmgren is committed to helping non profit organizations and local governments build capacities for new visions. Mark does this through the provision of custom designed strategic services that fit an organization's culture as well as its aspirations.
On Creativity and Collective Impact
“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking” -Albert Einstein At Tamarack’s Collective Impact Summit in October 2014, I had…
Prototyping Innovation
Having an innovative idea is not the same thing as doing innovation. Obviously we need the idea, but the measure of innovation is on...
The Scoop on Social Impact Bonds
I just came from an excellent meeting with local colleagues who lead some of the best known non profits in town. We were talking...
Social Media – What Now?
Most non-profits are active on the web and understand the importance of ensuring there are ample opportunities for cross sharing between websites, Facebook, Twitter,...
Challenging the Outcomes of Outcomes
I wonder. Have we have been hoodwinked. co-opted, and led to the altar of a false god – or at the very least, an imperfect...
10 Leadership Tips
Use your experience and talents to move through your shortcomings. There will always be challenges you don’t have the skills to address. Use what...
Reflecting on Tamarack’s 2013 Communities Collaborating Institute
How does one feel exhausted and energized at the same time? Well, attend a Tamarack CCI and you will understand that sentiment! Accelerating Impact was...
Leadership in Complex Times
Announcing the Release of Leadership in Complex Times: Must-Have Leadership Qualities and Abilities Introduction I have been working on this long essay for a year…
Upside Down Thinking
So many great minds in our sector are talking about the need to change, the urgency to transform services and operations in ways that...
Drivers of Collaboration
This is reprinted from a recent newsletter. If you want to see back issues or sign up go here. In a previous posting I wrote...
Nelson Mandela’s 7 Leadership Lessons
To read the entire posting go HERE (1) Master your meaning and your emotions (2) Treat the losers with dignity and turn them into partners…
The Way of Innovation
eprinted from our e-newsletter – see back issues and sign up HERE. The word "innovation" conjures up positive imagery. We see it as something we...
On Collaboration
We all know collaboration is at the heart of making positive change in society. We know this primarily because we tell one another it...
Why Strategic Planning Goes Wrong
reprinted by request As a consultant, executive staff member, board director, and teacher, I have had the opportunity to engage in a lot of strategic...
All this talk about transformation! Are you tired yet?
This article first appeared in our e-newsletter. Yeh, me too. Not because I don't have the energy for it, but because everyone has an opinion...
Watch out for the pendulum swing
Societal and organizational pendulum swings are a metaphor for major change or transformation in thinking and action. They are in and of themselves neither...
MORE ABOUT DIALOGUE
Often we struggle talking to one another because our thoughts and ideas are positioned as separate from, if not against, the thoughts and ideas...
Write to Inspire Action – 10 Principles
Writing well involves so much more than putting words to paper. People write to communicate ideas and emotions to challenge and motivate people to...
Elements of Innovation
PassionInnovation is rooted in our passion to solve a problem, fix what is not fixed, do something better or faster. That desire's tools are...
Thinking about How I Think
A prospective client asked me to come talk with a few board members about how I think about transformative change and how I might...