LEAP UPDATES
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. --Peter Drucker
Welcome to the archive of monthly Leap Updates from Mario Morino and Lowell Weiss. The final Leap Update was published in March of 2022.
Please Steal these Clips
To highlight core concepts of high performance, we’ve started to build a gallery of short video clips featuring courageous, outspoken nonprofit leaders. Here are some of the blunt messages you’ll see these leaders deliver:
Tight Budgets + Big Data = More Moneyball
The first systematic effort to shift the federal government’s focus from “what was done with public funds” to “what was accomplished was the the 1993 U.S. Program Results Act (GPRA). Unfortunately, the pioneering efforts of Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama have not yet produced a major change in how the federal government allocates taxpayer dollars. And yet, we’re now starting to believe the lumbering Ship of State might actually turn.
Learning Without Limits
You’ve heard about the ways in which e-learning is transforming higher education. But we are convinced that e-learning will play a role in changing how we transfer and access knowledge in all aspects of life. Check out the new report Just in Time: The Beyond-the-Hype Potential of E-Learning to learn more.
Are We Solving Yesterday’s Problems?
To avoid majoring on “yesterday’s problems,” we all need to observe and absorb how new technology for collecting, analyzing, and applying information can and will influence our sector in the coming years.
“I Found My Tribe”
Early feedback from attendees of the After the Leap indicate the conference was a success in bringing together high-performance-minded leaders and promoting a feeling of connection and community. Videos and slides from the keynote and plenaries are now available.