Over the past decade or so, there’s been a steady decline in one-off charitable donations, but more money is being raised and more is getting done in the world of philanthropy than ever before. In this week’s on air chat Hong Kong radio’s Phil Whelan and I chat about the growing .

When signals like Charities are getting less $$ but more emerge, organisations that engage early have the advantage of choosing their response rather than reacting to events. That gap between those who prepared and those who did not is where competitive positioning is actually made or lost.

The most important question is not whether Charities are getting less $$ but more will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.