Nudging the Wealthy
Like most people, one of my pet peeves is the declining politeness of American drivers: you let someone into a long line of cars or pull out from a parking lot and wait for the thank you wave that most likely doesn’t come. A little act of kindness that could easily be reciprocated, but goes unacknowledged.
A call from a local reporter prompted me to think about who I see as the worst culprits and led me to some old research by social psychologist Paul Piff Read more
Mastering Nonprofit History
As someone who believes in the learning power of history, I am increasingly dismayed by how little others value history. While modern-day board members seem to have struggled for decades to grasp just what they are supposed to do and how they should do it, those who populated the earliest boards in America—the boards of educational institutions—figured it out long ago. All we have to do is follow.
I require students in my masters level governance class to read about the history of governing boards in Read more
