Institutional Strategy
Institutional Resilience Scorecard
How resilient is your organisation, and where are the structural gaps? A five-dimension scorecard assessing governance, strategy, people and knowledge, financial resilience, and narrative credibility.
The Legacy Question Framework
What would this institution lose if you were not here? A board-level diagnostic examining the gap between personal impact and institutional resilience, and the governance interventions needed to close it.
The Often-Overlooked Resilience Gap in African Institutions
Most organizations that struggle during crises do not fail due to the disruption itself. Instead, their failure reveals a deeper issue: the organization relied on certain individuals rather than on systems built to endure beyond them. This is the resilience gap most significant in African institutions and is least tackled by standard resilience models. While […]
Why the most effective philanthropy puts funders in the background
Most philanthropic communications are structured around a core framework. The grant announcement introduces the message. The strategy is then clarified. Impact figures are presented afterward. Grantees are shown near the conclusion, serving as proof of the foundation’s sound judgment. The logic appears sound. The foundation is accountable to its donors, and its credibility hinges on […]
What changes when an organisation plans beyond its founders
THE SITUATION A pan-African women’s rights organisation had spent more than ten years establishing a strong presence across the continent, forming deep connections, and creating work that influenced policies and practices in various countries. The challenge now was not deciding what to do next but planning the next decade to stay true to its founding […]
When the portfolio tells the wrong story
THE SITUATION A private foundation had been investing in Uganda for over ten years with a strong and genuine institutional commitment. However, the portfolio was dominated by global North-led NGOs, which, over time, led to the foundation missing out on remarkable local changemakers from the very communities it aimed to serve. These local heroes often […]
Governance for Impact: A Board Readiness Assessment
A diagnostic tool and framework for boards and executive teams — helping mission-driven organisations identify governance gaps, strengthen accountability structures, and build the institutional resilience that attracts long-term capital.
Governance for the Next Generation: Redesigning a Family Foundation for Scale
A decade-old family philanthropy with extraordinary impact and informal governance. How we redesigned their institutional architecture for the next decade — without losing what made them effective.
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