Life after leading a think tank: how funders can support the transition
Founding and leading a think tank is a demanding and often thankless job. It requires a unique blend of skills: strategic vision, fundraising, management, and...
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AI: Understanding your audience
Introduction Throughout the various interactions I had with ChatGPT for this first effort to experiment with ChatGPT, I kept wondering about the technology's ability to understand my...
Knowledge translation in the Global South
Introduction We have been involved in a year long study of knowledge translation (KT) in the Global South in collaboration with IDS and funded by IDRC. The study has involved multiple...
ChatGPT: a game changer for the knowledge industry?
Like millions around the world, I spent the holiday period playing with ChatGPT . It is a large generative pretrained transformer (GPT) language model developed by...
A course on evidence-informed policy
I asked ChatGPT to develop the outline of a course on evidence-informed policy. Designing and delivering courses is something we at OTT are asked to do quite often. Often the first step is to...
Think tanks and political uncertainty
The OTT Conference 2023 will focus on think tanks and political uncertainty. As we develop the programme we have beed discussing what specific issues could be included. Could ChatGPT...
AI: Challenges and opportunities for think tanks
I asked ChatGPT about its own influence on think tanks. My exact instructions were: Write an article for On Think Tanks. Make it a blog style. Consider: 1) How will technologies like...
Challenges and recommendations for evidence informed policy
Introduction The field of evidence informed policy has been rapidly changing. Over the last decade it has become a favourite of international development funders. The...
Supporting think tanks: strategic thinking
OTT's work with think tanks often involves supporting new think tanks to develop their strategic plans and existing organisations to refresh their strategies. I decided to test ChatGPT...
Candid talk about funding: David Sasaki, Hewlett Foundation
The rise of the activist funder and hope for a more moderate 2023
I noticed a pattern among the end-of-year reflections of my peers: 2022 was bittersweet. It was a great year professionally for many, including OTT (see the end of the...
Think tank state of the sector 2022: OTT Director Enrique Mendizabal reflects
Most think tanks are concerned about their finances. But they also have a more nuanced set of concerns, making growth predictions difficult. OTT Founder and Director...
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