Unfortunate management change and stifling, resistant culture - Director, Office of Strategic Management College Board Employee Review

Culture is unwelcoming to new ideas, new people. Many employees are "lifers" who resent and avoid new ideas or implementation of more structure / discipline around business processes (business cases requesting CapEx for projects are mostly incorrect, not rigorous, and not held to standards that a for-profit company would require - those creating them do not have the financial knowledge of developing realistic ROI, TTR, and discount rates, etc., arguing/believing that because it is a non-profit company it doesn't matter is millions get wasted as long as there is some benefit). It's a disservice to the country's students and a huge waste of money that could be put to better uses. The president came aboard and eliminated the entire Strategy department: MBAs, former for-profit financial and strategic consultants and planners who served as agents of change and resources to functional/product departments for financial analytics, research, etc.)