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		<title>The Aid Leadership Paradox</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In these troubled, uncertain times, we don&#8217;t need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone&#8217;s intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.&#8221; Traditional perspectives on leadership are based on a view of organisations as mechanical systems. Organisations are made up of  prescriptive rules, formalised control mechanisms and hierarchical authority [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&amp;blog=10132762&amp;post=989&amp;subd=aidontheedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What brain scientists can tell us about learning in aid agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to 2008 ALNAP research on organisational change in the humanitarian sector, &#8217;all theories of organization and management are based on implicit images or metaphors that lead us to see, understand, and manage organisations in distinctive yet partial ways.&#8217; One of the key metaphors used in that work, drawing on the groundbreaking efforts of organisational theorist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&amp;blog=10132762&amp;post=830&amp;subd=aidontheedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Complexity, crises and moving beyond recipes&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The argument that modern organisations have to deal with complexity on a daily basis is fast becoming one of the least controversial statements any analyst, policy maker or practitioner can make. But what this actually means in practice is up for debate. Some suggest that there is little or no rigour in statements such as &#8216;the world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&amp;blog=10132762&amp;post=815&amp;subd=aidontheedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three recent articles on complexity and aid-related issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owen Barder on the coming collapse of the development system and on the need for variation and selection in improving the aid system Bill Easterly on spontaneous order on getting cabs in New York, and the relevance for development. Susan Curran on the complexity of cooperation, drawing from a seminar at the James Martin 21st [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&amp;blog=10132762&amp;post=691&amp;subd=aidontheedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From traffic management to development management?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(2nd of 2 posts exploring  self-organisation and emergence in transport / traffic and the relevance for aid strategies &#8211; first was last week&#8217;s piece on slime moulds) Traffic planners are increasingly moving away from signs and regulations to increase traffic safety and address congestion. Rather than legislating for driver behaviour, they are requiring drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&amp;blog=10132762&amp;post=578&amp;subd=aidontheedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slime mould, simple rules and the politics of self-organisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Copying nature’s ideas allows people to harness the power of evolution to come up with clever products. Now a group of researchers has taken this idea a step further by using an entire living organism—a slime mould—to solve a complex problem. In this case, the challenge was to design an efficient rail network for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&amp;blog=10132762&amp;post=580&amp;subd=aidontheedge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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