CARE Failing Forward
by Emily JanochCARE staff around the world talk about experiences we learn from failure, and how we use that to get better at our work.
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Episodes
Raising our expectations: how our pre-conceived notions cause us to fail
21m · PublishedJuan Echanove talks about how we fail at workshops because we have come to expect that most of them will be bad. It's not just a problem for people in the room, these low standards for workshops ultimately cost us in terms of program design, productivity, and local ownership.
A Year of Listening: Why we struck out with social movements the first time we tried
13m · Published"It's all about being slapped in the face by others" says Sofia Sprechmann--CARE International's Program Director--about how CARE misfired on its first effort into working with social movements in Latin America, and how we had to focus on listening and building trust.
A Year of Listening: Why we struck out with social movements the first time we tried
13m · Published"It's all about being slapped in the face by others" says Sofia Sprechmann--CARE International's Program Director--about how CARE misfired on its first effort into working with social movements in Latin America, and how we had to focus on listening and building trust.
Fourth Quarter Failure: How we got the FY18 budget wrong, and what we're doing now
16m · PublishedMichelle Nunn discusses how CARE's FY18 budget missed the balance between audacious goals and operational excellence. She ends with a call to all staff to err on the side of candor and speak truth to power.
Look to Line 238: what happens when reporting impact is optional
19m · PublishedSarah Eckoff from CARE USA's Gender Justice Team talks about why when most of CARE's projects work on gender, 0% of them are reporting against the supplemental gender indicators. User experience with our reporting forms, the complexity of measuring gender, and the way we roll out tools are all a part of the story.
The Missing 600: Impact we can't tell you about
17m · PublishedIn a two year period, more than 600 CARE projects closed without ever reporting impact data. Sofia Sprechmann, CARE International's Program Director, talks about why we've been failing to report all of our impact, and what we're doing to fix it. Two tools she references are the resources on measuring the impact of advocacy and CARE's unique Impact Map.
A plan does not equal progress: Sri Lanka teaching us about new business models
20m · PublishedIn a moment of transformation and budget crisis, a consultant's plan from completely failed to move the needle. Instead, CARE Sri Lanka's determination and ingenuity built a whole new way of doing business. They call it Chrysalis.
A plan does not equal progress: Sri Lanka teaching us about new business models
20m · PublishedIn a moment of transformation and budget crisis, a consultant's plan from completely failed to move the needle. Instead, CARE Sri Lanka's determination and ingenuity built a whole new way of doing business. They call it Chrysalis.
Fences and Cucumbers: Why we need to ask more critical questions
14m · PublishedGideon Cohen from Southern Africa talks about how we need to ask critical questions and give people the space to check in when things aren't working. How do we overturn power dynamics to get more honest feedback and improve our work?
Putting Survivors First: Ensuring that we make the right decisions in tough situations
15m · PublishedLaurie Lee discusses what he learned from one of his early experiences responding to cases of sexual abuse, and how we need to balance tensions between power, reporting, privacy, and cultural contexts. In the end, the answer is simple: Put the survivor first.
CARE Failing Forward has 122 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 39:32:14. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 20th, 2024 05:41.