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Is honesty the best policy?
Recently I came across an article in Harvard Business Review about the importance of creating a “culture of candor” at any business or organization. “Candor” essentially mean... Read More
Working with urban people is different than working with rural people
Working with urban people is different than working with rural people But it’s not necessarily harder! That was one of the interesting conclusions that yesterday’s Innovation Forum organized by th... Read More
Planting the seeds of innovation
On the BRAC blog, you can see “2011 in review” to get a quick sense of how much was accomplished last year! It’s worth five minutes to appreciate the incredible breadth and depth t... Read More
Inside Scoop – Virtual space and Knowledge sharing
The topic that I have thought of coming up with for the writing today is totally based on our internal experience that we have gone through and I am definitely proud of! May be not a super genius idea... Read More
Evaluate early, evaluate often
Guest post by Toby Norman (PhD candidate in Management Studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). Toby spent last week in Dhaka exploring opportunities to do his dissertation rese... Read More
Innovation Forum on Urban Poverty: January 2 at 10AM!
True or False? “Working with urban people is harder than working with rural people.” Informal, lively discussion + brainstorming session. All BRAC staff and affiliates welcome! WHERE: Meeting Room... Read More
Not urgent, but important
Last week, the Social Innovation Lab has hosted a PhD student, Toby Norman, from Cambridge University who is interested in applying the randomized controlled trial method to BRAC’s delivery acti... Read More
Innovating for a better organization: learning from NYC’s mayor
Managing change can be hard. Making people accept that ‘change’ is happening and alter the way they function is harder. Doing both at the same time at a large organization with a ‘set’ way of ... Read More