Tim Lockie

Tim Lockie brings a wealth of experience and credibility to the field of leadership and technology. With 30 years of leadership experience, 20 years in the tech industry, and a decade dedicated to advising and consulting, Tim has a proven track record of success. In 2022, he transitioned from managing a seven-figure consulting firm in the Salesforce Ecosystem to founding The Human Stack, a venture dedicated to building organizational capacity for social impact through human empowerment. Tim’s commitment to making a difference ensures he focuses on empowering people, not just technology.

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How Dana Snyder Built A $100k App In 5 Months

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Feb 24, 2026 1:37:44 PM

Dana Snyder had never committed a Git in her life when we started working together in September 2025. Tomorrow she is shipping a full-stack app that she built using an AI Agent; from the database and user authentication to Stripe payments and the AI...

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Success With A Side Of Software

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Feb 22, 2026 10:22:00 PM

The sector doesn't need better fundraising software. It needs more successful fundraisers. AI will create both. And an early example is Practivated.

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More Than A Score: Why AI Cred Matters

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Feb 13, 2026 5:10:53 PM

How self-assessment, context, and brutal honesty unlock real AI fluency You finish the AI Cred assessment and the score appears. Maybe it's lower...

Capacity Building AI For Nonprofits
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Why AI fluency—not literacy—is the real unlock

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Feb 6, 2026 11:59:59 AM

A thousand people took the AI Cred fluency test; the average score was ~3 out of 10. The average score for AI Cred is about 3/10. Before you dismiss...

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Thinking about the box: how cognitive diversity shapes AI adoption

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Jan 30, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Why collaboration, not conformity, drives the human side of AI transformation Every time I try to explain something that feels obvious in my head,...

Culture Is Strategy
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If you're human, you're a lazy prompter! (It's a feature not a bug)

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Jan 23, 2026 11:59:59 AM

Accepting your laziness is the secret of better AI outputs Every January, someone somewhere resolves to "get better at prompting AI." By February,...

AI For Nonprofits Culture Is Strategy Guidance Not Just Governance
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Where Will AI Be In 3 Years?

Picture of Tim Lockie Tim Lockie: Jan 15, 2026 1:01:11 PM

Nobody asked me where AI would be in three years. Here's my answer. Three years ago, I was on a boring college campus tour with my son. I pulled out...

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