School for Thinktankers 2022
The School for Thinktankers 2022 is a three-week programme delivered from 24 January to 11 February. Over the course of these three weeks participants are expected to join the learning space every day from 12:30 GMT...
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s organisational effectiveness …
US foundations give away billions of dollars a year to improve human development around the world. Most of the money goes to organisations, which in turn make efforts to...
The merits and drawbacks of working in a networked organisation
Until recently, I was an associate with On Think Tanks (OTT); like many other associates, I was neither a sole trader operating in a free market, nor a salaried employee...
What shapes the authority and power of leaders and their followers?
Drawing on open systems theory and unconscious group processes, I’d like to highlight four factors that shape the authority and power of leaders and followers as they...
In charge but not in control: Lessons from leading teams in a networked world
In the last couple of years, I’ve been fortunate enough to lead teams to deliver complex assignments. The teams I’ve managed have ranged between five and ten people...
Six lessons from think tank directors on preparing for leadership roles
One of the interesting things we learned from a recent study with 45 think tank founders and directors from across Latin America, Asia and Africa, was that it’s common...
Interview with Chenai Mukumba, (former) head of CUTS International, Zambia
Chenai Mukumba currently works as Policy Research and Advocacy Manager of Tax Justice Network Africa. At the time of this interview, she was head of CUTS International...
Interview with Alvin Mosioma, executive director and co-founder of Tax Justice Network Africa
Alvin Mosioma is the executive director at the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) as well as one of its founders. TJNA is a pan-African organisation established in...
Interview with Iara Pietricovsky, co-director of INESC, Brazil
Iara Pietricovsky is an anthropologist, researcher and activist whose main areas of work are related to indigenous peoples and environmental issues. Since 2001, she...
Interview with Professor Abodulaye Diagne, executive director of the Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES) in Senegal
Abdoulaye Diagne is the director of the Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES), and a professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management...
Interview with Wilson Jimenez, executive director of Fundación ARU in Bolivia
Between 2019 and 2020, Wilson Jiménez was the executive director of Fundación ARU, a Bolivian organisation established in 2007 that produces research aimed at...
Leadership interview with Santiago Cueto, executive director of GRADE in Peru
Santiago Cueto is the executive director of Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) in Peru. Santiago holds a PhD in educational psychology from Indiana...
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