How to Get Out of the Weeds — What Fundraisers Can Learn From Restaurants About Managing Workload

If you’re a fundraiser in the weeds right now, you might be blaming yourself for what is actually a systems problem.“In the weeds” is restaurant lingo for what happens when the load exceeds the structure. When rotation breaks, a good server can look like they’re failing in just a matter of minutes.Fundraising is no different. When goals rise, and everything lands at once, the solution is not more hustle. Just like in a restaurant, speed without structure usually leads to more cleanup.Being in the weeds does not mean you’re failing. It means the system can’t hold the load. But systems can be redesigned.RSC CEO Catherine Heitz New unpacks this metaphor and a few practical ways to create capacity in the latest episode of Fundraising Growth Now!