Heading towards Disruption
No matter what field you are in, you can always find better, more effective, and faster ways to do what you are currently doing. Yet in most cases those improvements will only provide you with incremental improvements.
Writing
Essays on leadership, resilience, and artificial intelligence
Every essay since 2010, newest first.
The Vital Role of Telecommunications in an Emergency
Communications capacity and tools are the lifeline of any major emergency response effort such as the fight to combat the ongoing Ebola crisis in West Africa. And quality information, made accessible to key decision makers, is paramount in enabling...
Collaborative Impact
When a large scale crisis, like the Ebola outbreak, occurs, the need for different organizations to collaborate becomes extremely important. The scale of the effort is such that only through collaborative efforts that enable economies of scale we can...
So others may live
Humanitarian workers understand the concept of taking risks in order to save lives and reduce suffering. Every year thousands of humanitarian workers provide important lifesaving services in conflict areas around the world.
Different Kind of Corporate Social Responsibility
Before joining the world of non-profit, then I worked for Microsoft as part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm. For many companies, corporate social responsibility is about donations and leveraging their expertise or products to help out...
Against the Flow
Being a humanitarian often means going against the flow. When everyone is trying to get out of a place affected by a natural disaster, conflict or pandemic – then we humanitarians work on getting ourselves in.
Coordinating Data Share for Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
NetHope recently launched an appeal to support its member organizations responding to the severe outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unprecedented in terms of the number of cases, deaths and its geographical spread.
Your Life as a Book
We often hear the expression “this is a new chapter in your life”. And the truth is that amazing things will happen when you take this metaphor and apply it to your life.
The Moment a Crisis Strikes
Your first reaction when a crisis strikes sets the path for how you deal with it moving forward. If your emotional reaction is one of anger, fear or despair, then you have to deal with that reaction carefully before you can start doing anything else.
Too Proud to Ask for Help
In the world of disaster response, we frequently experience examples of where the scale of the crisis exceeds the local ability to respond to the crisis, yet they don’t ask for help from outside. But this behavior is not limited to just disasters – it is...