Journey to Transformation

Lauren and Teia can't stop talking about the Whistleblower: Inside the United Nations documentary and what better way to continue the conversation than with someone who was in it and knows the United Nations well? We talk to Purna Sen, a good trouble-maker and the ex-Executive Coordinator and spokesperson for addressing harassment and other forms of discrimination for the United Nations.

Join us, as we learn more about what is going wrong at the United Nations, from the inside, what is happening after the documentary, and most importantly how YOU can support this movement to call the United Nations power-holders to account.

CALL TO ACTION: Head over to www.purnasen.org.uk to sign a petition and be part of the campaign. Follow @Purna_Sen on Twitter to keep up to date.

Things we talked about:

Documentary: The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN

Angela Davis

John Lewis on "good trouble"

International Labour Organisation convention on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work

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In an explosive reaction to the BBC documentary on the United Nations Whistleblowers, Lauren and Teia let their feelings be known about how the United Nations has continued to abuse its power with some of the most vulnerable people in the world suffering as a result. It cuts deep. We work in a sector that is meant to help people and yet the United Nations has created a safe space for abusers to thrive. Lauren and Teia are left asking where the accountability is and how you begin dismantling such a powerful institution?

CALL TO ACTION: Please share this documentary far and wide, everybody need's to see this.

Documentary: The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN

Where to watch outside the UK: BBC Select, YouTube, VPN - Express

Trigger Warning: Lauren and Teia discuss instances of sexual harassment, rape, abuse, criminal activity and many more instances where the United Nations has abused power. This can be triggering and hard to hear. If you need support, these organisations can help:

Victim Support

Trauma Survivors Network

Black Minds Matter

Rethink

Mind

Things we mentioned:

• Twitter account: Poorly Translated Shirts @translatedtees
• Info on Antonio Guterres
• United Nations response to the documentary

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Edited by Teia Rogers

Music by Praz Khanal

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The world is unpredictable, we work in complex environments, so let's tilt, get messy and experiment? We talk to Eleanor, the founder of Tilt, a team of coaches who help leaders, teams, and organisations unlock creativity, growth and impact. We uncover what it means to work in an Agile way, to become an Agile leader and to humbly start from a place of 'I don't know'. Regular reflections, three-minute rants and how to shift mindsets are just some of the tools you can take away! [Magic recipe / secret sauce included!]

You can find out more about Tilt and Eleanor's work here.

Things we mentioned:

Book: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Resource: The Unfinished business of Organisational Transformation by thoughtworks

Organisation: Reseed

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Ever feel like you're listening to language soup (or is it language salad)? What exactly did you mean when you said we needed to decolonise our strategic frameworks through an intersectional and anti-racist lens with consideration for MARP and LNOB? #Guilty! Lauren and Teia tackle language, acronyms, jargon and initialisms in the non-profit sector and offer some insights into what you can do if you want to transform your language to be more inclusive.

Our call to action: Bring awareness to how language you use can be interpreted differently by others, stop and ask "What does this word mean to you"?

Resources:

Letters of Exclusion, January 2021

Do you Speak Non-Profit? December 2012

An Unfortunate Association: One Non-profit’s Acronym Problem, September 2014

Does Your Office Have a Jargon Problem? Harvard Business Review, March 2021

Charity sector buzzwords: weird ways the charity sector uses language, October 2021

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From the cliff tops of Bournemouth, we expand our evaluation horizons with Ruth Dawson - Amnesty International UK's Campaign Strategy & Evaluation Manager. With the wind in our hair, seagulls flying overhead and dogs running around trying to eat our croissants, we tackle the hard stuff about evaluations. Having worked on Amnesty International's Brave Campaign Evaluation together, we talk about the ethical dilemmas we faced, how we stayed true to values, prioritising rights holders and the challenge of turning findings and recommendations into strategy.

Here starts the movement for evaluations in podcast form (Copyright)!

We also mentioned:

Inquiry into Racism at Amnesty International UK Report

(Ruth very openly acknowledges this report in the episode)

Amnesty International UK Brave Campaign Evaluation

House of Commons Committee Report - Racism in the Aid Sector

Headspace

Talk to Loop - Third Party Feedback

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Not everything has to be sexy! In the non-profit sector, sometimes we work to stop worse things from happening, rather than making a new positive impact or massive change. Without these interventions, the big changes often can't happen anyway, but their importance goes overlooked. It doesn't make a good comms piece, but they need to happen. What should we do?

With special guest appearances from nearby animals and Lauren's dad.

We also mentioned:

The HALO Trust: www.halotrust.org

References:

Theory of Change: www.aecf.org/resources/theory-of-change

The Schrödinger's cat thought experiment: www.sciencefocus.com/science/what-is-schrodingers-cat

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When circumstances are tough and budgets tight, how do we still work in alignment with our values? Do we sometimes have to be flexible with them to make progress when dealing with certain groups (repressive regimes for example!)? Pradeep Jeyaratnam-Joyner is Aspire Leadership’s head of company development. He guides organisation leaders through practical steps to truly act in accordance with their good intentions. Pradeep explains how organisation leadership, culture and management are all about the stories we tell.

Read more about Aspire Leadership at www.aspire-leadership.co.uk

Other Things We Mention:

The Fire Triangle - http://tiny.cc/firetriangle

The UN's target of 0.7% of GNI being spent on Official Development Assistance - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn03714/

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London Pride 2022 celebrated 50 years of fighting for the right to love who we want and triggered some real emotions in us. Marching at the front of the parade were activists who were there when it all started back in 1972. Old and young together, the power of collective activism felt all the more poignant as other events around the world turn back the clock on our right to choose. This one comes directly from the heart. It is emotional. We hope you find some solidarity in joining us as we reflect on a joyful protest and a collective trauma. You might need tissues. You also get to hear Teia talk about when she was part of Dykes on Bikes...

Trigger Warning: We talk about gun violence, terrorism and instances where it affects children. If you need to talk to someone, these organisations can help:

www.victimsupport.org.uk/

www.traumasurvivorsnetwork.org/traumapedias/716

www.blackmindsmatteruk.com

www.rethink.org

www.mind.org.uk

Other things we mention:

Dykes on Bikes

Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club

Pirate Gold of Adak Island - Netflix

Jollibee

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Recruiters get a bad rap, right? But, Anna Ludeman is a recruiter with a BIG difference. She's the director of 'Valued Recruitment', a company that focuses on ethical recruitment for organisations that do good. She shares the life-changing events that drove her to start her own business mid-pandemic. She's committed to removing barriers to work for people unfairly denied opportunities. Anna shares her recruitment stories - good and bad - and shines a light on how to empower talent unapologetically. Meanwhile, Teia dishes the dirt on the dodgy behaviour of some of her clients!

You can find out more about Valued Recruitment and Anna's work.

We also mentioned (in order):

Friends of the Earth

Speak Out Revolution

Martha Awojobi

Everyone should have the freedom to decide what’s best for themselves and their families.

https://choice.crd.co/

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Teia and Lauren are not holding back (at this point, would you expect anything less?). We deep dive into reparations. What do we mean by reparations? What do they look like in the non-profit space and beyond? How do we know when we are being reparative or not?

Not only that! We have a story tucked inside! Fiona, who we had the privilege of meeting at Camp Quirky, shares how her organisation is taking a reparative approach.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses racism and harrowing events such as the Tulsa race massacre. If you need support, these organisations can help:

www.blackmindsmatteruk.com

www.rethink.org

www.mind.org.uk

Resources:

1. A Reparations Toolkit from The Movement for Black Lives
2. The Cargo Movement
3. The Case for Reparations
4. A report on "The true costs of the Tulsa race massacre, 100 years later by Andre M. Perry, Anthony Barr, and Carl Romer from the Brookings Institution
5. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's approach
6. The Role of Aid in Reparations for the Harm of Colonialism by Equals
7. Black Women Let Loose Theatre company

Other sources:

• https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/80-per-cent-believe-philanthropy-should-do-more-when-it-comes-to-reparations/
• https://johnsoncenter.org/blog/philanthropy-and-reparations-righting-the-past/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-times-united-states-officially-apologized-180959254/
• https://www.history.com/news/tulsa-massacre-black-wall-street-before-and-after-photos

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