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April 14, 2015 · Learning strategy

Party time

“Everybody in a fun environment knows more of each other.” We interact at a human – not only utilitarian – level to form social spaces in…

April 14, 2015 · Learning strategy

Learning is in the network

“I knew them very well. That’s why it worked. Because we do work together.” We take responsibility for our own learning, yet keenly aware of the…

April 13, 2015 · Learning strategy

Against insularity

“We came to understand because we have very good global connections.” How do we connect with other people, with other member organizations in the network, and…

April 10, 2015 · Learning strategy

What is a connector?

Where some believe that the value of their network is based on its exclusivity, connectors are people in the organization who have developed large networks of people…

April 9, 2015 · Learning strategy

How do we learn from the network?

When our organization’s hierarchy prohibits direct contact with the field, indirect and informal contact becomes more important than ever. Global and regional meetings, bilateral programmes, and…

April 7, 2015 · Learning strategy

Death of the knowledge bank

The complexity of the networks in which our organization operates is scaffolded by a corpus of mostly-unwritten, tacit knowledge and ‘ways of working’ that we learn mostly…

April 7, 2015 · Learning strategy

Decentralization done wrong

Leave the global functions to headquarters, and shift responsibility for the field to those who are actually there (or close by). It sounds perfectly sensible. And,…