Myth-Busting Museum and Nonprofit Best Practices. Is Your Organization Celebrating Its Own Demise?

It sounds dramatic, but it’s true: Many organizations still apply “best practices” for short-term wins that data suggest leave them far, far worse off in terms of achieving their long-term goals. As I’ve recently reported, if I weren’t providing market insight and analysis for museums and nonprofits for a living, I’d want to be a host of the show “Mythbusters.” Here’s a myth-busting roundup of my three favorite situations in which executives and board members most frequently celebrate their own decline.