More Than Victims. More Than Headlines.
There’s a complicated feeling that always creeps in when I see international NGOs’ social media posts about Syria — or other countries in the Global
There’s a complicated feeling that always creeps in when I see international NGOs’ social media posts about Syria — or other countries in the Global
I decided to write this piece to offer a perspective — and perhaps introduce a different narrative — about what we are witnessing across the
“Systems on the edge of chaos are not failing. They’re searching — often painfully — for a new shape that fits the complexity of their
When I began writing my chapter, Inclusive and Intelligent Governance: Enabling Sustainability Through Policy and Technology, I didn’t expect it to feel like writing from
The system didn’t crash. It blinked. And in that blink, thousands of us disappeared. One email sent. One budget line erased. One restructuring plan —
We didn’t cry when it happened. We had already learned how to grieve while replying to emails. To mourn while coordinating handovers no one planned
In one of my recent papers — some called it the HQ Efficiency Manifesto — I wrote about “small c” cuts: quiet, strategic shifts that make systems
This paper might provoke you. It might affirm what you’ve whispered in hallways, raised on field visits, or challenged in meetings. You might love it,
A common theme in localization discussions is the prevalence of assumptions and myths—ideas repeated so often they become unchallenged truths. Compliance, risk, capacity, access—these and
I’ve spent years inside the humanitarian system, seeing both its strengths and its struggles. This article is my reflection on the urgent need for reform.
