Between Power and Irrelevance: are INGOs actually changing their roles? [ICSC podcast interview]
Between Power and Irrelevance: are INGOs actually changing their roles? [ICSC podcast interview]
Are we transforming as INGOs? Or preparing to die well? Or die badly? (to use a term my colleague and collaborator Barney Tallack coined)
Between power and irrelevance: are INGOs actually willing and able to change their roles, where needed, in response to the many changes in the external environment? Where are leaders in regards to the case for transformational change? Is there (still) a lack of awareness? Or lack of action? Or is our ability to take action constrained by the (legal and normative) architecture in which INGOs are embedded?
These and other questions were at the heart of an International Civil Society Centre podcast interview with George Mitchell, Hans Peter Schmitz, Barney Tallack and myself – all co-authors of and/or contributors to our book ‘Between Power and Irrelevance: the Future of Transnational NGOs‘.
The upshot
In ICSC’s podcast episode, we discuss:
- What’s the core claim of our book?
- What does a culture of innovation look like?
- What are practical levers for culture change?
- Where are INGOs with respect to digital strategies, tactics, and capabilities?
- And are our sector organizations transforming? Or preparing to die well? Die badly?
These topics reflect some of the chapters in our book. I really like how our ICSC colleagues allowed us to play off and complement each other. Have a listen!
PS: pretty soon, my new Youtube channel will include a recording of this discussion as well: subscribe to be in the know as to when!