7 things you need to speak truth to power
“Oh wait, the rules don’t work for us? Guess we have to stand up for ourselves and change those rules. But this will not happen by letting power go unchecked.”
“Oh wait, the rules don’t work for us? Guess we have to stand up for ourselves and change those rules. But this will not happen by letting power go unchecked.”
“People will disappoint you from time to time. You will also let people down. And as in our personal relationships, we have to re-commit every day to making them work. Relationships within international development are no different.” From my interview with partnershipmatters.org.
Advice for people embarking on an aid career or any international do-gooder endeavor.
Here’s the irony: though many aid workers have very trained minds, we know next to nothing about what keeps a person healthy, happy and whole over time…and worse, many of us doubt whether such a thing is even possible.
This American Life 408: Island Time (Originally aired 5/21/10) brilliantly covers the “byzantine system of aid agencies, NGOs, and government bureaucracy” administering the $9 billion(!) of pledged Haitian relief.