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Scenario

When nonprofit boards use nostalgia to avoid difficult decisions

Our nonprofit board keeps talking about 'getting back to our roots' whenever we face budget cuts but those roots were 30 years ago with different problems and I think we're using nostalgia to avoid making hard choices about what programs to cut.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Organizational nostalgia becomes a substitute for strategic decision-making under pressure.

Your guide for this
Laozi
Laozi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Nostalgia — its function and its limits?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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