Stage one: Denial
“Does anyone really need IDR’s humour? We are a learning platform after all.”
Stage two: Anger
“If I wanted to do comedy, I would’ve joined consulting!”
“Why can’t we just publish another collection of funny tweets and call it a day?”
Stage three: Bargaining
“I really think I could execute a lot better if I teamed up with someone.”
“So you can’t help me because you’re busy drafting a 2500-word explainer on ‘systems thinking’? I thought I was writing humour this week…”
Stage four: Sadness
“Am I not funny enough to write…humour…for…nonprofits?”
Stage five: Acceptance
“What if I just repackage the few humorous tropes that we all know about the sector as the article? I’m sure it’ll turn out…
