Writing a sound project proposal is not easy, and getting project funding is becoming more and more like winning a lottery. However, once you do win that lottery not all your problems are over! Why not, you may wonder. After all, getting money for something you want to do is not a bad deal at all. Well, to a certain extent that is indeed true. However, project proposal writing has [full post]
What is a shadow report? Who takes the trouble to make one and why would they do that? To start with the most important question according to Simon Sinek, why; NGOs and networks do this because they want to make this world a better place. They want to help improve laws, policies and their implementation and enforcement. The form they use in this case, the how, is that of a [full post]
Having seen Daniel Pinks Ted Talk on motivation recently it was almost uncanny to stumble upon Simon Sineks Ted Talk on Leadership. Sinek focuses on what makes leaders inspiring and successful. He presents a “golden circle” consisting of 3 circles. The outer circle represents what, the middle circle represents how and the inner circle represents why. Or, in Sineks words, the purpose, the belief that drives a person or a [full post]
Arriving home late last night I zapped for a bit and ended up watching a TED Talk on motivation by Daniel Pink. “There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does”. Employees are being incentivised with carrots and sticks, while according to research this type of motivators work only in case the task to be performed is of a mechanical nature, not requiring creativity at all. As [full post]
