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CARE staff around the world talk about experiences we learn from failure, and how we use that to get better at our work.... more
FAQs about CARE Failing Forward:How many episodes does CARE Failing Forward have?The podcast currently has 127 episodes available.
October 24, 2018Look to Line 238: what happens when reporting impact is optionalSarah 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....more20minPlay
October 17, 2018The Missing 600: Impact we can't tell you aboutIn 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....more18minPlay
October 10, 2018A plan does not equal progress: Sri Lanka teaching us about new business modelsIn 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....more21minPlay
October 05, 2018Fences and Cucumbers: Why we need to ask more critical questionsGideon 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?...more15minPlay
September 21, 2018Putting Survivors First: Ensuring that we make the right decisions in tough situationsLaurie 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....more16minPlay
September 05, 2018You are not alone: Learning to apply systems thinking in cocoa projectsJuan Echanove, the Senior Director of Food and Nutrition Security at CARE talks about how we can do a better job designing a portfolio of projects that use a systems thinking approach instead of creating a host of standalone projects that don't build on each other....more23minPlay
August 31, 2018How Ebola Taught Us to Take Risks and Make Fast DecisionsCARE International interview on how to learn from failure--what worked and what didn't in Ebola response, and what that teaches us about taking calculated risks....more17minPlay
FAQs about CARE Failing Forward:How many episodes does CARE Failing Forward have?The podcast currently has 127 episodes available.