{"id":3086,"date":"2016-06-17T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T01:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionresearchplus.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2017-03-07T03:18:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T03:18:32","slug":"flying-under-the-results-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionresearchplus.com\/flying-under-the-results-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying under the results radar"},"content":{"rendered":"
I think the \u201cindividual agency\u201d constraints are different for local practitioners and for those who work in a more international contexts.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt certain levels, people only hear what\u2019s familiar to them. What we learned was not connected to our deliverables, so it didn\u2019t seem important.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEven though everyone says it is good to share and learn from mistakes, it is sometimes very risky for people at our level.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt would have taken too long to explain the context.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Many practitioners themselves have a role to play in protecting\/ widening institutional space for good social change practice to flourish \u2013 there is a lot of work on organizational practices and culture, but not enough on managers\u2019 individual agency in development organisations to enable social change. A good question to ask may be,<\/p>\n or<\/p>\n Another question may be:<\/p>\n Blog post by ANDREA RODERICKS\u00a0and is shared generously by The Ideal Practitioner. What challenges does an \u201cideal\u201d social change\/development practitioner face in trying to live up to that ideal in the real world? I think the \u201cindividual agency\u201d constraints are different for local practitioners and for those who work in a more international contexts. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":3175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
How have you personally navigated these issues?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What questions should we be asking that we are not?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\u201cWhat management practices can help widen the space for social change work to thrive?\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n
\u201cWhat kind of leadership competencies are most enabling of social change practice?\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n
\u201cWhere do social change practitioners draw support from? Who are their mentors or accompaniers, and, what kind of interaction between them has been most supportive?\u201d<\/h3>\n
ANDREA RODERICKS IS A FREELANCE CONSULTANT WHO FOCUSES ON PROGRAMME AND ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN AND EFFECTIVENESS, AND CURATING PARTNERSHIPS TO COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES. SHE HAS WORKED ON DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS, MOST OF THESE WITH THE NGO CARE INTERNATIONAL, IN MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS TECHNICAL ADVISORY ROLES, LARGELY IN SOUTH ASIA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA. ANDREA IS A MEMBER OF THE SYNERGOS SENIOR FELLOWS\u2019 GLOBAL NETWORK THAT CONNECTS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS COMMITTED TO COLLABORATIVELY ADDRESS UNDERLYING CAUSES OF POVERTY AND INEQUITY. SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME IN HER HOME COUNTRY, INDIA.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"