Crash Proofing Your Organization for the Next Normal: Leading Through Uncertainty
Crash Proofing Your Organization for the Next Normal: Leading Through Uncertainty
Non-profit leaders are navigating constant change — from shifting funding and staffing realities to evolving community needs. These trends are highlighted in Stretched Thin, Vantage Point’s most recent State of BC’s Non-Profit Sector report.
How can your organization stay grounded and strategic when everything feels uncertain?
Join Gayle Farrell in this 60-minute Lunch & Learn to explore Siena Consulting’s Crash Proofing framework — a practical, scenario-based approach to help your organization anticipate, adapt, and withstand disruption.
- Identify your organization’s key “drivers”
- Spot early warning signals of change
- Make “no-regret moves” that strengthen your capacity in any future scenario
Build confidence. Plan strategically. Leave with actionable steps to navigate uncertainty with clarity.
Facilitator
Gayle Farrell
Gayle Farrell is the founder and co-lead of Siena Consulting, a Vancouver-based consultancy dedicated to strengthening the effectiveness of public and nonprofit organizations and helping them work collaboratively with each other and the private sector to create strong, resilient and sustainable communities.
For more than 25 years, Gayle and her partner Bohdan Zajcew have guided national consultations, large-scale planning processes, and multi-sector initiatives spanning health, social services, and the arts. Their work blends systems thinking with practical foresight to help organizations anticipate disruption, navigate uncertainty and make confident, values-based decisions. Siena’s Crash Proofing framework grew out of this experience; offering nonprofit leaders pragmatic tools to strengthen resilience and lead with confidence in changing times.
