How and how well do organisations learn?
There’s a lot of emphasis on being a learning organisation nowadays. But how and how well do organisations learn in practice? Based on my experience of consulting to funding organisations...
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School for Thinktankers September 2021 – Special Edition
Los líderes de think tanks deben ser más que excelentes investigadores, también debe ser gerentes, networkers, comunicadores, etc. El School for Thinktankers está diseñado para preparar...
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...
Racism in think tanks — how and why it manifests and what we might do to address it
The Overseas Development Institute published a piece on racism in the international development sector and how to address it. However, there was very little on how...
Are you a troublemaker?
When employees in an organisation experience difficulty, one tends to individualise the case and see those individuals as difficult and/or troublesome. But drawing on the...
Rethinking organisational development: an OTT series
The global development sector has long been fixated with how (progressive) change happens and how to facilitate it, especially amongst underserved populations. Most...
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...
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