Blog post by Jane Perdue on Leadership Development, February 10.
How small nonprofits have to work with only some of the ts crossed and "i"s dotted.
Excerpt
Effort and ideas can be as fragile as grandma's porcelain tea cup. Drink from them.
Sometimes you have to meet people where they are and start from there. That starting place may not be ideal according to your standards, but at least it's a beginning.
Sometimes good enough is enough. Most work is beautiful alchemy-part art, part science. Go with it. "