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Civil Society Magic: May 2013
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Private Sector Faces the Same Leadership Challenges as Civil Society. This blog is a summary of the excellent video interview. Posted by Guy Janssen. There are too few leaders in our current organisations. Bottom of the S-curve. Challenges and Principles are the Same in Private Sector and Civil Society. The challenges are remarkably similar to those mentioned in the articles listed in. No more waterfalls, only trial and learning. How do you mentor people? 8221; So instead of movi...
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The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development: a big new book by Matt Andrews | From Poverty to Power
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Global Financial and Economic Crisis. Is it time for a rethink on the definition of aid? May 3, 2013. How to end foreign aid and avoid a punch-up. May 3, 2013. The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development: a big new book by Matt Andrews. May 3, 2013. There’s nothing like an impending meeting with the author to make you dig out your scrounged review copy of his book. So I spent my flight to Boston. Sorry the full title is just too clunky). And luckily for the dinner conversation, I loved it. Firstly,...
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Civil Society Magic: No more waterfalls, only trial and learning
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013. No more waterfalls, only trial and learning. This blog was posted by Guy Janssen. Supporting civil society always is about empowerment, i.e. enabling choices and turning choices into action and results. (. The traditional project cycle approach (plan, execute, evaluate, and plan something else) (AKA as waterfall. Cycle) is too directive to allow choice and self-initiated action by civil society. Problem Driven Iterative Adaptations. An arm's length approach to aid. Governance: Th...