002. Interview with Ramesh Singh regarding his change leadership at ActionAid and Greenpeace

2020-02-10

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Ep 002 – Ramesh SinghTitle: What I learned from leading ActionAid’s federalization process as well as Greenpeace’s recent change trajectory – Ramesh SinghSummary para: Ramesh Singh, former CEO of ActionAid, led its process of federalization - an important change in its organizational form - over a decade ago. In addition, Ramesh as International Organization Director led Greenpeace’s process to decentralize decision making from Greenpeace International’s headquarters to its regional and national...

Ep 002 – Ramesh Singh

Title: What I learned from leading ActionAid’s federalization process as well as Greenpeace’s recent change trajectory – Ramesh Singh

Summary para:

Ramesh Singh, former CEO of ActionAid, led its process of federalization - an important change in its organizational form - over a decade ago. In addition, Ramesh as International Organization Director led Greenpeace’s process to decentralize decision making from Greenpeace International’s headquarters to its regional and national offices. During the same period, Greenpeace also aligned its organization with a strategic shift of its campaigning approach to a more ‘people-powered’ form of campaigning.

How Ramesh encouraged ActionAid to learn from the past and be fit for the future
How he promoted course corrections in organizational change processes
How to spot slow-onset crises
How not to confuse project management (a means) with the Theory of Change (the end) behind a change process
The usefulness of scenario planning as a tool in change management
How to be wary of ‘glorification’ of what NGOs do
The importance of analysis of difference within organizational change processes

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Bio: Ramesh Singh has many years of experience working with NGOs, having worked as the Chief Executive Officer of ActionAid, the Chief Operating Officer at Greenpeace, and an Independent Consultant in his later career. In his most recent years, Ramesh Singh has, among others, held the role of Senior Advisor to Oxfam Global Strategy Development in his capacity as a consultant.

LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/ramesh-singh-b5712123

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