Our nonprofit board keeps making decisions that the community we serve disagrees with, and those of us who are actually from this community feel like we're translating between two different worlds that don't trust each other. The board thinks the community doesn't understand strategy and the community thinks the board doesn't understand their lived reality.
More people experience this than they realize.
A fundamental disconnect exists between those who hold institutional power and those who hold lived experience, with each group believing the other lacks crucial understanding.
“Where Are You with Fairness — what every civilization concluded?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.