Leadership
Radical Transformational Leadership
This book sat on my shelf for some years, and I’ve since forgotten why or how it landed there. Nonetheless, “Radical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents” (2017) by Monica Sharma is a blend of self-help and development studies. The book is not published by an academic press (North Atlantic Books) and the author […]
The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist
Compared to other leaders of the struggle for dignity and freedom, Cabral has been covered less. I have posted about a few books: Davidson wrote a book in 1969, a 1977 book covered some of Cabral’s work, and a 2013 edited book was inspired by Cabral. Antonio Tomas presents a biography of Cabral in “The […]
Tags: #Anti-colonial struggle #Antonio Tomas #Cabral #Leadership #The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist
Kofi Annan – Interventions
Kofi Annan (1938-2018) was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, a turbulent time to say the least. He penned “Interventions: A Life in War and Peace” (2012) with Nader Mousavizadeh to provide some of the high, lows, challenges and successes of his time leading the UN. The book is a recounting […]
Tags: #Colonialism #Kofi Annan #Leadership #Security Council #United Nations
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don’t
This is the question that drives the recent book by Leslie Crutchfield, “How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don’t” (2018). This book is about social movements in the US, or that are primarily US-led. It offers some interesting case studies, quite descriptive throughout. The author summarizes the objective as seeking to understand […]
Tags: #Celebrate success #How change happens #Leadership #Management #Social movements
Engaging in a Complex World
In development studies and practice there are some key voices advocating for organizational changes. Ben Ramalingam, Duncan Green, Danny Burns and Stuart Worsley, Dave Algoso, and the USAID Learning Lab. They are calling for complexity and systems thinking to support more informed adaptive and iterative decision making and management. As these voices gain traction, and more […]
Tags: #Adaptive management #Complexity #Leadership #Shared consciousness #Team of Teams
Enemies of Innovation
Dr. Calestous Juma’s new book, “Innovation and its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies” (2016), explains that this is a book Dr. Juma has wanted to write since his early engagement with innovation. That includes his founding of the African Centre for Technology Studies in 1988, being a former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological […]
Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships
The application process for the 2017 Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships Programme is now open. Through this annual fellowship programme, we seek to deepen and broaden our growing network which continues to contribute its skills and learning to a better Africa. The Fellowships offer the opportunity to work in the executive offices of either the African Development […]
Tags: #Africa #Fellowship #Governance #Leadership #Mo Ibrahim Foundation
6 Post-docs at Royal Roads (Canada)
Topics: Working with Dr. Brian Belcher, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainability Research Effectiveness, the post-doc will focus on research to assess the effectiveness and the impact of transdisciplinary research (TDR) for improved livelihoods, community resilience, and environmental sustainability. Working with Dr. Ann Dale, Professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability, the post-doc will […]
Tags: #Climate change #Education #Leadership #Public Health #Sustainability
NGO Lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story
NGO lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story. Not a summary or review, but some thought provoking quotes: Strategic planning and framing of the issue: “No disease drew as much attention, or struck the same terror, as polio. And for good reason. Polio hit without warning. There was no way of telling who would […]
Tags: #Innovation #institutional barriers #Leadership #Polio #Strategic Planning
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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