by Carlo Cuesta | Nov 3, 2026 | Client Spotlight, Collaboration, Feature
This post is part of series. Go here to the read Strategic Planning I: Flip Your Org. Chart Our team follows three rules in every strategic planning meeting we facilitate. Rule #1: Knowledge is not a club to bang over someone’s head—or something to hold over people to...
by Carlo Cuesta | Apr 21, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Feature-HHS
During this chaotic time, social impact leaders have a new task in front of them: metabolizing disruption. This is the work of discerning signal from noise, deepening relationships when funding is uncertain, and protecting people, resources, and values while the...
by Carlo Cuesta | Apr 1, 2026 | Creativity and Innovation
Passion is one of the most misunderstood forces in social impact work. We often treat it as fuel, something to burn through in service of urgency. Or as identity, “This is who I am, therefore I must keep going.” Or as motivation, “If I care enough, I’ll find the...
by Carlo Cuesta | Mar 18, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized
At the end of a long strategic planning retreat, there’s a moment our team at Creation in Common has come to recognize well. The room is tired—deeply, honestly tired—from a day spent in creative collaboration. People have stretched beyond their usual roles, listened...
by Carlo Cuesta | Mar 4, 2026 | Creativity and Innovation
According to entrepreneurial strategist Dan Sullivan, there are three kinds of people who shape how things move forward. He calls them Simplifiers, Multipliers, and Complicators. Simplifiers cut through the noise. They see the most direct, effective path and focus on...
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