by Josh Aranda | Mar 12, 2020 | Impact, Mission, Trust, Values
By: Josh Aranda Last week I learned, or rather was reminded of, the true origin and essence of Mission Matters Group. For the last 9 years, my dad, brother and I, co-founders of MMG, operated in a way that presumed our core values and founding goals for Mission...
by Josh Aranda | Feb 27, 2020 | Data, Data Management, Entrepreneur, Expertise, Impact, Information Management, Leadership, Measuring, Mission, Nonprofit, Operational Excellence, Strategic Plan, Values
Years ago, I worked at an organization that held a regular monthly meeting to review its most important programmatic outcomes. The meeting was made up of the executives and directors within the organization. The goal was to make sure everyone was on the same page...
by Gretchen Pettet | Feb 14, 2020 | Leadership, Mission, Operational Excellence, Service
Last fall, we shared some exciting organizational changes as Josh Aranda assumed the president/CEO role. At that time, we promised to share more about our new leadership structure as it was finalized. Today, we are happy...
by Josh Aranda | Feb 13, 2020 | Expertise, Impact, Information Systems, Leadership, Mission, Nonprofit, Strategic Plan, Technology, Trust, Values
By: Josh Aranda I was on a call the other day with a prospective client. I was explaining our Discovery process, when she paused and said, “Ok, so I have a bit of PTSD from my last go around at this,” after which she explained what had happened during the failed...
by Gretchen Pettet | Nov 15, 2019 | Agile, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Mission, Nonprofit, Strategic Plan
By Shaun Lee In 2006 the FBI desperately needed to migrate its 20th century paper-based information management system to a modern software system. After going over budget and experiencing delays, they brought in a new team that embraced Agile and Scrum. As...
by Gretchen Pettet | Nov 6, 2019 | Expertise, Impact, Leadership, Mission
By Shaun Lee Every organization needs a clear vision to achieve its mission. Most leaders, upon seeing this statement, would respond “Duh!” Yet many organizations struggle with bringing the vision down to the ground so it can be executed. While it’s quite clear that...
