Eight months into InnovatED Amal Labs, what we’ve learned, what’s changed, and why now is the moment. And yet. We don't.

Telling people what we think, how we're experiencing them, how they performed, how they could grow, seems on the surface like a pretty easy thing to do. And yet. We don't.

I recently had a conversation with the Giving Lab community at Tenacre Foundation and a colleague from the Euphrates Institute. It was a rich exchange about leadership, trust, and what it means to release control. A significant part of my leadership journey has been learning to let go, to trust my teams, to recognize their innate capacity for excellence, and to shift from directing outcomes to nurturing conditions. During our conversation, we explored an image that has stayed with me:...