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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders.

Idea Architects

Belief Systems as Bridge-Builders, Not Barriers. Our life experiences inform and coalesce into the belief systems that guide our choices. When we come together with others—at home, in neighborhoods, in volunteers groups, or at work—our respective belief systems come into contact with those that others hold.

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New Partnership to Address HIV Epidemic in Southern Cities  

Associations Now

The Southern Initiative will fund and equip local organizations to address the HIV epidemic in four cities. Atlanta, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans—cities that have been designated by the Health Resources & Services Administration as being heavily affected by the HIV epidemic—are the focus of the initiative.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: There Really Is a Simpler Way

Idea Architects

a simpler way, the wonderful book co-authored by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers, continues to guide my thinking about organizations. Discarding a mechanistic perspective means embracing some alternative beliefs about people and organizations. Here are a few of them: Living systems learn constantly.

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Building and Protecting Your Association’s Brand Is Vital

SCD Group

Louis Cardinals brand – one of the icons of professional baseball – took a hit when the FBI announced it was investigating whether the Cardinals hacked into the computer system of the Houston Astros baseball club. For background, read Brand Tarnished, Cardinals Likely to Avoid Economic Damage.

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Why The Structure You're Staffing is Stifling Progress

Idea Architects

Speaking at a leadership conference for volunteers this weekend, I was reminded why some organizations struggle to get volunteers. If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., Let that someone be you. Blog Archive.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Rethinking 80-20

Idea Architects

What if the these percentages are not because of some predetermined tendency of the way individuals act, but is instead a logical result of the systems and processes we put into place? You might just find that 80% of your systems are focused on enabling only 20% of your potential participants or contributors. Jeffrey Cufaude.

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Flight 370: Airline Group Works With UN to Boost Flight Tracking

Associations Now

Two months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing, the International Air Transport Association has started work with a branch of the United Nations to improve flight-tracking systems. The search for the lost plane at one point extended from Kazakhstan to the southern Indian Ocean.

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