building and becoming a responsible organisation is not something we do alone, we need the others. They embrace, no seek out, diversity.
Building and Becoming a Responsible Organisation
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From the Blog on diversity
The Problem with Seeking ‘Qualified’ Candidates
Qualifications are used to filter candidates, but they often are exclusive. They are signals of what club you belong to, but say nothing about your experience.
The Wrong Check Out
It is not ‘just’ a Legal, IT, HR, finance or operations discussion. It’s a team discussion. It’s not time to check out, it’s a critical discussion
Sometimes Photos Can Help Us See What is Missing
A report is a snapshot in time helping us see what is present and what is not. Diversity in decision making in the humanitarian world needs improvement
Leaving our Echo Chambers Behind
Respecting the other is about believing another perspective which is contrary to mine is as valid and important as mine. It’s not living in an echo chamber
Everything’s Chewable Now
Hearing and listening to the new or different perspective can be challenging. And yet it is the most important skill we can develop in ourselves and our teams.
Welcoming the ‘Spoil Sport’
A pint of prevention equals a gallon of cure. Every dollar invested in prevention saves 10 in response. The variation of sayings like these are many. The most common current one has been about flattening the curve. And the hardest part of the argument or the selling...
The Hard Work of Review Boards
To be objective, to remove as much bias as you can, to learn, to grow, to make better things, create a a review board of others who don’t look like you.