The Clarity Not Certainty Effect™
Developed through twenty years of praxes with dozens of organizations in the U.S. philanthropic sector, THE CLARITY NOT CERTAINTY EFFECT™ consulting services ground planning, governance, program design and implementation, evaluative inquiry, and leadership development in a shared purpose and values. This approach cultivates a culture of clarity, interdependence, and cohesion that guides inquiry, efforts, and outcomes.
CNCE™ consulting integrates present realities with a future orientation, establishing a foundational perspective where perpetuity is not presumed. By focusing on culture and context - cultivating relationships and exploring emerging curiosities - comfort with complexity is strengthened. When combined with the clarity of shared purpose and values, evaluative inquiry can be practiced with rigor and fluidity. Organizational commitment to evaluative inquiry as a core competency is essential for remaining accountable to and aligned with your purpose and values, making it integral to strategic effectiveness. This commitment is at the heart of what makes CNCE™ consulting services unique.
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Through THE CLARITY NOT CERTAINTY EFFECT™ consulting a series of questions are explored through which organizations and initiatives engage in focused, deliberative, and facilitated discussions. This process surfaces values, assumptions, context, and evidence that inform day-to-day work, guiding contributions toward the broader purpose: the change sought through their efforts, all within the context of the ecosystem's context.
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Upon completion of THE CLARITY NOT CERTAINTY EFFECT™ consulting services, our client partners are equipped to navigate dynamic and complex conditions without diverging from their purpose and values. The deliverables offer a clear and shared articulation of an organization's perspective and positioning. This supports planning governance, program design, and other decision-making areas, while also focusing and utilizing evaluative inquiry to understand and guide efforts toward their intended effect.
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Intentions revealed.
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Implicit made explicit.
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Alignment improved.
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Effects of effort better understood.
Hear from our partners of our THE CLARITY NOT CERTAINTY EFFECT™ services.
“The focus was not on a plan, but decisions: being able to focus on our decisions, being really nimble and taking advantage of opportunities because we know our direction"
Adriana Rocha, Project Director*
"We are having the right conversations. We are really coming together and not spinning our wheels or having a repeat of the same conversation. I saw staff align to the bigger picture. Rather than everybody in their own programs, it became, "What are we trying to make happen together?"
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*CompassPoint Nonprofit Services Practice Director, 2009-2015
Neighborhood Funders Group President, 2020-2022 and
Vice President of Programs, 2017-2020
Maricela Rios, Chief Executive Officer
“It was the biggest thing that helped the organization move from a founder identity to an identity that I believe the organization holds on its own and can live on its own. It became a catalyst for organizing and getting the board and staff and everybody really behind this vision and organizational identity. ...And it's something that we still strive to live into.”