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Generational Transmission of Operational Dogma in Non-Profit Governance

Investigation into the cycle of mission-drift and the subsequent defensive posturing of non-profit boards to hide the disconnect between public rhetoric and internal operational reality.

This topic explores how charitable organizations become captive to their own public brand (The Liar). Staff members 'inherit' the duty to maintain this image (The Heir), even at the expense of the actual mission. We apply the Powell-Rad Path to strip away the philanthropic veneer.

Mission DriftVirtue SignalingNon-profit Governance

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