Bridgespan Report Identifies Challenges, Best Practices for Organizational Learning

While most nonprofit leaders view knowledge sharing as a critical means to advance their organizations' missions, many organizations struggle to do it effectively, a new report from the Bridgespan Group finds.

Based on a survey of 116 nonprofits, the report, The Challenges of Organizational Learning, found that most nonprofits struggled to develop clear, measurable goals that connect knowledge sharing to improvements in performance; provided insufficient incentives for individuals and/or teams to participate in organizational learning; and lacked appropriate processes for capturing and sharing learning that fit the way people work.