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Principles for managing in complexity
Principles for managing in complexity
Written by Toby Lowe and Shaheen Warren (Centre for Public Impact) and Sam Sharp (Overseas Development Institute), with input from Jamie…
Emma Proud
Nov 30, 2020
The Magic of Mindsets
The Magic of Mindsets
In development and diplomacy, programmes and processes are set up with a view to improving the world.
Emma Proud
Nov 30, 2020
Listening, Learning and Adapting
Listening, Learning and Adapting
Videos and takeaways from a workshop on adaptive management and constituent engagement.
Jamie Pett
Nov 19, 2020
Discussing Adaptive Approaches for Development Programmes
Discussing Adaptive Approaches for Development Programmes
What can adaptive approaches from other sectors teach development practitioners about dealing with uncertainty?
Jamie Pett
Nov 2, 2020
Four ways development practitioners can borrow from private sector adaptive approaches
Four ways development practitioners can borrow from private sector adaptive approaches
Agile, lean startup and human-centred design can be an answer — if you’re asking the right questions
Jamie Pett
Sep 28, 2020
The Long and Short of It: Responding to immediate needs while pursuing long-term goals
The Long and Short of It: Responding to immediate needs while pursuing long-term goals
How can we balance our need to respond to a crisis with our long-term goals for systemic change?
Jamie Pett
Sep 7, 2020
Managing uncertainty when your brain doesn’t like it
Managing uncertainty when your brain doesn’t like it
Over lockdown there were a lot of tantrums in our household. The tears and tussles were at a dramatic high when the schools closed, and…
Emma Proud
Jul 13, 2020
Physically distanced adaptive management
Physically distanced adaptive management
Opportunities and challenges for local leadership
Emma Proud
Jul 6, 2020
Adaptive Bureaucracies: lessons from DFID to the world
How many times have you worked on something that you know is failing, or just isn’t going as well as we’d all have hoped, but haven’t had…
Lea Simpson
Feb 17, 2020
Four things to read on adaptive bureaucracies
Four things to read on adaptive bureaucracies
An ‘adaptive bureaucracy’ sounds like an oxymoron. Bureaucracy, the system for governing large organisations, has become synonymous with…
Sam Sharp
Feb 11, 2020
How to manage complexity: four lessons for DFID’s new Secretary of State
How to manage complexity: four lessons for DFID’s new Secretary of State
Lessons for DFID in addressing complex problems without creating complicated, workload heavy programmes.
LearnAdapt
May 3, 2019
It is Time to Break Out of the Innovation Silo — by Ann Mei Chang
It is Time to Break Out of the Innovation Silo — by Ann Mei Chang
This article was originally posted in ICT Works.
Lea Simpson
Jan 15, 2019
Learning, Adapting and Lean Impact — 3 reflections, 18 months in
Learning, Adapting and Lean Impact — 3 reflections, 18 months in
Development, like every other sector on the planet is grappling with the pace of change and increasingly volatile and uncertain operating…
Lea Simpson
Jan 14, 2019
Welcome to LearnAdapt’s blog!
Welcome to LearnAdapt’s blog!
Sharing and learning lessons on how to do adaptive management in practice
Craig Valters
Oct 10, 2018
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