The Story So far: The Mindful Activist Topic ArchiveAsk me anything. :)Matt is a politician?hospitalWSHA conference 06292021 - matts notesPurpose driven board leadershipClaim by speaker: sometimes what is best for your community is not what is best for your organization. Sometimes the needs of the organization and needs of the community are different. is this true?If government is created by the people to serve the people, then how can government organizations have needs that are not the needs of the people?

If government is created by the people to serve the people, then how can government organizations have needs that are not the needs of the people?

1. This goes straight to the arguments i have heard over the years from other board members and administrators: they try to tell us to "serve the needs of the organization" as our fiduciary duty. Yet, if we serve the needs of the people, then that is the e tid:1646 (0) (hivelink)
   
2. If you build a boat to take you and your people across the ocean. Can the boat have needs that oppose the needs of the people in the boat? If you sacrifice some people to fix the boat, then you are separating the needs of those people from the needs of tid:1645 (0) (hivelink)
   

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