Powers of Observation
When my kids were young and we travelled we used to play this game “How do you know you’re not at home? What’s different about our surroundings here?” Over time [...]
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Apr 2014
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Feb 2014
Learn Share Lab on Co-Creation
A small but diverse group from 12 countries and many fields of practice came together recently to explore the concept of co-creation at the Learn Share Lab. The event modeled [...]
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Jan 2014
Navigating towards cultural change
A Twitter conversation around the effectiveness of advocacy campaigns and my recent travels to several countries where garbage disposal is a major problem have me thinking about this question of [...]
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Dec 2013
End of the Year Reflections
Traveling, especially by train, often provides time for reflection and writing. I am spending the end of the year traveling in India. Here are some of my reflections on the [...]
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Nov 2013
Asking the Tough Questions
Through the wonderful technology of livestreaming and a number of conference organizers who planned livestreaming into their events, I was able to travel recently to conferences and workshops in Rome, [...]
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Jun 2013
Finding Daily Inspiration
Recently I was talking to a long-term colleague about a project I’ve been developing based on this piece. He’s done some amazing work over the years for positive societal change, [...]
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Jun 2013
Healing the World post-2015
In July 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a 27 member High-level Panel (HLP) to advise on a new set of global development goals. These new goals are to replace the [...]
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Apr 2013
Cross-sector Learning
Most of my work is done with NGOs and n the civil society sector. But as I feel strongly about cross-sector exchange, and finding few conferences that bring together diverse [...]
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Mar 2013
Global Health Trends – 2013 Update
This is an update on the piece on Global Health Trends (Whither Global Health?) I wrote a little over two years ago. In addition to what I have been observing [...]
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Jan 2013
We’re All in this Together
Reading and thinking about Oxfam America’s new aid campaign and some of the reactions to it, made me think about the title of a song my kids used to listen [...]