Tailwinds: Ideas Fueling Nonprofit Innovators and Social Entrepreneurs
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Podcast Overview
<p><b>Tailwinds is a project that brings momentum to the leaders tackling the world’s most impossible problems.</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Created by Flying Whale Strategies, the show delivers ideas, insight, and energy to the people doing work that often feels impossible.</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Each episode features brass tacks strategy that can be implemented tomorrow. Hillary Frances interviews social sector leaders who are in the messy middle of building their organizations. And since we are talking about bold solutions to intractable problems, she also brings in insight from the for-profit world. </b></p>
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Publishing Since
12/1/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 22, 2026
How to answer the scale question
Nonprofits are asked constantly to plan for scale, and most of us answer with ambitions to get bigger. But what if the right answer has nothing to do with size? Hillary reframes the scale question entirely: scale isn't about growth, it's about influence. And sometimes the most influential thing an organization can do is change how it operates, not how large it becomes. Hillary is joined by Sarah Cryder, Executive Director of City Kids Wilderness Project, who brings her own definition of scale...
June 8, 2026
What If nonprofits had product designers?
The for-profit world has product engineers, design sprints, and rapid iteration cycles. The nonprofit sector has… a debrief meeting. In this episode, Hillary asks what would happen if we closed that gap. Hillary breaks down what a "product" actually looks like in the social sector and introduces a way of testing it borrowed straight from tech startups. Then she sits down with Matteo Moore, a product designer at one of the world's largest tech companies, for a conversation that is equal parts ...
May 25, 2026
How to build a less hierarchical org chart
Description: The nonprofit sector is drawn to the idea of flat org charts — but most organizations don't have great examples of what that actually looks like in practice. Why do we cling to hierarchy even when it conflicts with the values we're trying to model? And what does it actually take — not just philosophically, but day-to-day — to share power inside an organization? Hillary explores the conditions that make less hierarchical structures work, and the internal work that has to happen be...
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- What is Tailwinds: Ideas Fueling Nonprofit Innovators and Social Entrepreneurs?
<p><b>Tailwinds is a project that brings momentum to the leaders tackling the world’s most impossible problems.</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Created by Flying Whale Strategies, the show delivers ideas, insight, and energy to the people doing work that often feels impossible.</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Each episode features brass tacks strategy that can be implemented tomorrow. Hillary Frances interviews social sector leaders who are in the messy middle of building their organizations. And since we are talking about bold solutions to intractable problems, she also brings in insight from the for-profit world. </b></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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