Why do aid agencies need to work out what is a skills problem and what is a process problem?
Have you ever sat in a training course and known that what they’re telling you about will not work? That there simply isn’t time to do this along with all the other things you’re being asked to do? That it seems like it might be nice, but the government ministry just won’t allow it? […]
What goes wrong with aid sector capacity building? Following Fashion – how it hurts
It’s not smart to criticize fashions of previous years. It’s almost inevitable that the second you start doing so, Paris catwalks are full of them again, and two years later, so is the high-street. Within about 2 years of me finally giving up on baggy jeans after years of hanging on, tight jeans were […]
Preparedness process improvement
I was brought in by a large INGO to help them create a standardized workshop for their emergency response preparedness planning. Although they had put significant resources into preparedness planning, it was very hit and miss. Plans were often unused when a crisis struck. Their intention around a redesigned workshop was very clear, but […]
