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 | Feb 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Carlo Cuesta When I studied to become a theater director, one textbook described human drama in the following equation featuring Person A and Person B: A does to B. B reacts and B adjusts. Then… B does to A. A reacts and A adjusts. As the process between A and B...
by Carlo Cuesta | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Power is seductive. It feels like control, like certainty. And in nonprofit leadership, it’s easy to believe that if only we had more of it—more money, more connections, more influence—we could finally do the work we were meant to do. But here’s the paradox:...
by Carlo Cuesta | Sep 11, 2025 | Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever stared at a spreadsheet wondering how your organization was going to stay afloat, you’re not alone. Many of us have faced the spiral of doubt: What can we cut? Who can we ask for help? Will this be the moment that breaks us? Scarcity is real. But it’s...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jun 9, 2025 | Collaboration, Uncategorized
This decision matrix tool is designed to help clarify and delineate the roles and responsibilities between a nonprofit board of directors and the executive director or staff. By identifying who is responsible, accountable, consulted, or informed in key organizational...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jul 11, 2024 | blog, Collaboration, Innovation, Uncategorized
Leaders spend a lot of time making choices and decisions. We often have to make dozens of them every single day. There can be pain in making a decision—sharing it, people reacting to it, worrying if it was a bad choice—and we often feel we can’t turn back and...
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