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Threat or Opportunity? China’s Increasing Role in International Development and What It Means for the Future of ICSOs

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In a world becoming increasingly dominated by geopolitical issues, authoritarian rule and populism, the role of international civil society organisations (ICSOs) has...

Coming together in the name of freedom

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Civil society is a powerful force when it comes together behind a common cause, especially when that cause is freedom! Having recently spent time in Hong Kong at a conference of...

Decision Making in an Agile World Road to Chaos or the Rise of Common Sense?

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Blog Mini Series Part 1: Agile Mindset, Common Vision and Clear Strategy Change has always happened in the civil society sector. But over the last few years change itself has...

Programme Development Goes Agile – the Next Generation of Adaptive Programme Development

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Project Cycle Management, Logframes and Theory of Change. The actual planning standards preferred by many international CSOs and their funding institutions should get credit for...

One Partner, Many Faces

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A lot of the focus in the social impact sector is on partnerships across organisations and sectors. There is no doubt this will be a significant part of the future of maximising...

So the future looks uncertain? Don’t despair

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The world is becoming more complex – and less predictable. Disruptive forces – technological progress, climate change, nationalism and migration among them – are driving...

Jose Manuel Roche

What’s your impact? Trends & Opportunities

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For any organisation to be sustainable and to thrive it is always important to read the winds of change. By keeping an open eye to changes, one can better identify threats and...

The Lorax and Winston Churchill

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They may see strange bedfellows but The Lorax, the mythical environmental campaigner from Dr. Seuss’ children's book and Winston Churchill, the enigmatic wartime leader of Great...

Too many chickens… too few pigs

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Involvement vs. Commitment: Implementing transformative change successfully needs a culture of mutual accountability. One day the chicken says to the pig: “You know what, I...

The Structural Time Bomb

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… or why developing your organisational structure around personalities is a killer Yes, in an ideal world, the management team members get along very well, complement and...

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