All Episodes

096: Leading Change at Scale: Oxfam International’s Journey with Amitabh Behar

095: Time and Talent: Navigating the Nonprofit Sector’s Greatest Strategic Assets with Doug Trout

094. Breaking the Barriers to Innovation: Carlos Simon on Organizational Culture & Change in NGOs

093. Feminist Leadership in Action: A Conversation with Jayanta Bora

092. How Culture Is Reality: Rethinking NGO Safeguarding with Andrew Henck

091. “$10M Landed in Our Account”—What Nonprofits Must Know About Transformational Gifts and Sudden Growth with Michael Randel

090. Technology, Land Rights, and Leadership: A Conversation with Amy Coughenour Betancourt, CEO of Cadasta

089: "I AM A CHANGE MAN”: How Arnold Dix Applied An Iconoclastic Leadership Approach at the International Tunnelling Association

088. When You Have to Wind Down Your Nonprofit: How to do It Well, with Amy Miller-Taylor

087. Coaching Leaders Through An African Lens: Nankhonde Kasonde-Van Den Broek

086: The Modern Development Leader, How to Manage Change and All That: Torrey and Tosca in Conversation Part 2

085: The Modern Development Leader, How to Manage Change and All That: Torrey and Tosca in Conversation Part 1

084: Towards Ubuntu 2.0? A Wide-Ranging Leadership Conversation with Martin Kalungu-Banda

083: African Solutions for African Problems: Consulting Strategies with Faye Ekong @ RavelWorks

082: Human Emotions in a Poly-Crisis: How To Get To More Effective NGO Campaigning with Diya Deb @ MindWorks

081. Leadership Lessons From African Cultures, With Albert Momo

080. Avoid These Leadership Mistakes When Managing Organizational Change With Michael Randel

079. Leadership in Africa Redefined With Taaka Awori of Busara Africa

078. Which INGO Roles Are Still Legitimate, Relevant, and Needed (and Which No Longer): Dylan Mathews @ Peace Direct

077. Let’s Work Through This: Conflict Mediation in Social Sector Organizations With Nathalie Thompson

076. Trends in Direct Fundraising: Keeping It Real With Erica Waasdorp

075. What Happens When a Start-Up Nurtures an Evidence-Based Culture: The Taimaka Project

074. Can Nonprofit Program Evaluation Truly Be Made Easy? Chari Smith

073. From a Hub and Spoke to a Horizontal Network Model: Anu Kumar @ Ipas

072. When Nonprofits Deal With Internal Strife: Conflict Mediation to the Rescue With Daniel Genberg

071. Onward With Reimagining INGO Models: Charles Kojo Vandyck @ RINGO/WACSI

070. Mastering a graceful AND effective leadership exodus: Ignacio Saiz

069. Navigating Organizational Politics: A Team Coach’s Guide - with Alexander Caillet @ Corentus

067. DEI trends in US development agencies, by the numbers – Shiro Gnanaselvam @ Social Impact

067. Life after leadership: Sam Worthington, former President and CEO @ InterAction

066. How to navigate the big scaling quandary: Amy Ragsdale @ Spring Impact

065. How you should transition into a new role as a leader: Adama Coulibaly @ Oxfam

064. Positive power for organizational integrity: Bhavika Patel + Alex Cole-Hamilton

063. Decolonizing think tanks, policy research organizations and consulting agencies: Ajoy Datta

062. Nonprofit operations CAN be a driver of transformation: Kim Kucinskas @ Humentum

061. Between high profile civic disobedience and building broad public support: A youth activist

060. Should climate activists pivot their campaigning strategies from agitation to broadening public support? Aseem Prakash

059. Potential and peril when NGOs aspire to use a network structure: Doris Bäsler, formerly @ Oxfam

058. Can civil society get better at anticipating futures? Heather Hutchings, Danny Vannucchi and the International CS Centre

057. From transnational advocacy networks to transscalar activism: Beth Bloodgood & Chris Pallas

056. Philanthropy that’s less colonial in mindset and practices: John Hecklinger @ Global Fund for Children

055. Digital advocacy NGOs: a necessary, complementary force: Nina Hall

054. NGO scandals: causes, consequences and prevention + recovery strategies: Cassandra Chapman

053. Change is not a project: Hazem Fahmy on CARE Egypt’s Country Office transition towards full membership

052. Influence and power in complex NGOs: leadership insights from John Samuel @ Oxfam

051. Charity Navigator's changing expectations and its impacts on US nonprofit behaviors: Michael Thatcher, Charity Navigator's CEO

050. Innovation in social change organizations: shepherds or adopters? Emma Proud

049. Women and positional power in faith based NGOs: Martha Holley Newsome @ Medical Teams Int.

048. How to kindle innovation in large development agencies: Soren Vester Haldrup @ UNDP

047. Crisis leadership skills during war: Pact's Alyona Gerasimova in Ukraine

046. Signaling your financial trustworthiness lowers your NGOs impact by half: George Mitchell and Thad Calabrese

045. What we as NGO leaders need to do to spur innovation: Dermot O'Gorman @ WWF Australia

044. Disability rights: how NGOs go about actually claiming them - Susan Sygall @ Mobility International USA

043. How I practice virtual leadership in a complex membership organization - Lysa John @ CIVICUS

042. Feminist leadership: organizational practices to make it real -- Kirthi Jayakumar & Leila Billing

041. Rest, reset, resilience: how my mind journeyed when I took a sabbatical - Chris Proulx @ Humentum

040. Can NGOs Stay Human-Centered while Embracing Smart Tech? Beth Kanter and Allison Fine

039. How NGO CEOs are thinking about operating model changes, right now: Christine Sow of Humentum

038. Exploring Possible Futures for Conservation NGOs: Anca Damerell @ Luc Hoffman Institute

037. We need to rethink the 'virtue narrative' surrounding NGOs: Aseem Prakash

036. Why the NGO Halo Effect is problematic: a conversation with Isabel De Bruin Cardoso

035. Chasing impact - ever more elusive? One more exchange with Chris of MZN

034. How to generate greater innovation capability in your nonprofit: observations of an innovation coach

033. Chasing funding - will it ever end? A back-and-forth with Chris of MZN

032. Chasing Innovation: can we do better as NGOs? In discussion with Chris Meyer of MzN International

031. What you can do to excel in virtual team leadership: Monica Maassen @ Oxfam

030. Reinventing social change by overcoming self-limiting belief systems: Nell Edgington

029. Potential and peril when NGOs collaborate with social movements: May Miller-Dawkins

028. Strategic planning when your CSO faces fundamental uncertainties: Dave Algoso, facilitator & consultant

027. People, resistance to new ideas and the power of removing friction: interview with Loran Nordgren

026. Right Work and Right Team: how the Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (BRAC) is aspiring to become a truly diverse, global entity - Rasha Natour

025. Gabriela (Oxfam), Julia (ActionAid), and Sofia (CARE): a celebration of Latina women's leadership

024. Organizational ethics, integrity, power and governance: Alex Cole-Hamilton

023. What's a feminist leader to do about social power in organizations: Srilatha Batliwala

022. How to lead organizational change when you are the first person of color in top leadership: Dorothy Nyambi, CEO of MEDA

021. Positional power games and ‘feminist bureaucrats’ in multilateral organizations: Joanne Sandler's observations

020. Feminist leadership and 'deep power structures’ within organizations: Aruna Rao, co-founder of Gender at Work

019. Politics, power and feminist leadership within NGOs - Lisa Veneklasen's take on things

018. Power as finite resource or as unlimited good: Paul O’Brien at Oxfam America on influencing NGOs

017. What's all this talk about feminist leadership? An interview with Abby Maxman, CEO, Oxfam America

016. ‘Mergers and Acquisitions are in the air’: a discussion with two Plan USA NGO leaders who lived to tell the tale

015. Not your usual NGO strategy process: Oxfam's recent experience with strategy formation and whether it is holding up during this massive disruption

014. Between Power and Irrelevance: what *is* the future of transnational NGOs? An conversation with my two 'co-conspirators' on the book

013. INGO leadership responses during hard times: a joint podcast episode with the International Civil Society Center

012. NGO change management tips from a pro. A conversation with Barney Tallack

011.NGO campaigns miss how humans process difficult emotions. Listen to Stefan Flothmann of Greenpeace to learn how to fix this

010. NGO Mergers + Acquisitions: an interview with Rick Santos, a CEO who lived to tell the story

009. How nonprofits can be more performance-focused, and why diversity, equity and inclusion is part and parcel of such a business plan: an interview with Tammy Dowley-Blackman

008. Continuous improvement together: the case for Constituent Voice - a conversation with David Bonbright of Keystone Accountability

007. Are NGOs subject to the dynamic of ‘successful failure’? A conversation with George Mitchell of Baruch College, City University of New York

006. Organizational learning as one way to get to a stronger outcome-orientation: interview with two powerhouses

005. Measuring social change: advice by Alnoor Ebrahim, nonprofit accountability expert

004. A consultant’s observations in helping leaders navigate big organizational change – interview with Ed Boswell of Conner Advisory

003. Reflections by Sarah Ralston, long time change manager in CARE's 2020 change process

002. Interview with Ramesh Singh regarding his change leadership at ActionAid and Greenpeace

001. Lessons from a long time change manager: Monica Maassen, Oxfam International

Announcement launch podcast: NGO Soul + Strategy