Disrupt Development

Cash delivered electronically to a phone or credit card. Direct cash platforms are becoming new competitors of the traditional non-profits in global development. They give individual donors the sense of connection they want, a frictionless customer experience, and a clear value propositon based on results and not good intentions.  100 weeks is a revolutionary way of giving, initiated by Gitte Büch...

While efforts to develop novel interventions receive considerable attention and resources, organizations often struggle to turn innovation into impact --thus failing to achieve their full potential. Investments in innovation only yield impact if an organization is able to master the scaling part of the process. Everyone talks about scale, but there are only a few who master the skilsset to scale a...

We have an imperative to shape the new aid industry to be fit for today’s challenges. The “aid industry” is an antiquated term and most people use it pejoratively. But changes to this sprawling, $200 billion-a-year industry have come so quickly that we don’t yet have language to  describe it. Perhaps one day something like “impact industry” will catch-on, but for now we’re left with an alphabet so...

In this Podcast together with Jeroen Kelderhuis we are going to tak about the unique role of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in development cooperation. Why the Netherlands is one of the largest donor countries, the relationship between the Ministry and civil society organisations, lessons learned from the biggest funding instrument, and how we can be flexible and agile in future partnership...

The colonial relationships and attitudes can clearly be recognised in the communications of international aid organisations. Like during the colonial times on 'expedition' to hike in Nepal. Cycle in Tanzania. Showing white saviourism when celebrities and ambassadors are visiting projects abroad emphasizing the suffering 'other'. Simulating misery of non-West countries by lockin...

The call to change the balance of power in development cooperation is getting louder and louder. It is time for more local ownership of the global agenda, everyone seems to agree. There is even a real movement under the hashtag #ShiftThePower . The development community has been talking about this for decades now, but what has changed? In this new Podcast series of Disrupt Development I am going u...

The call to change the balance of power in development cooperation is getting louder and louder. It is time for more local ownership of the   global agenda, everyone seems to agree. There is even a real movement under the hashtag #ShiftThePower .  The development community has been talking about this for decades now, but what has changed? In this new Podcast series of Disrupt Development I am goin...

Many courageous organisations are taking on major humanitarian and sustainability challenges. Hack The Planet offers these organisations new perspectives on challenges, accelerating their efforts by creating  and implementing smart and pragmatic technologies in collaborative projects.  In todays episode Tim van Deursen is going to talk about how technology offers new perspectives on global challen...

In times of radical change and upcoming paradigm shifts in all industries, most organizations are not prepared to deal with the next waves of disruption. Travel with us to the future to explore and create scenarios for your industry and make your organisation Future Ready. In this episode together with timetravellers and future architects Amrei and Manuel we are going to talk about creating learni...

In todays episode together with Stijn en Julian we are going to talk about how their social start-up the Nieuwe Gevers is disrupting development aid. We will talk about the Happiness paradox, the growing movement of professionals donating their skills to non-profits, why the private sector is pushing their employees to find purpose, the challenges non-profits experience in working with other secto...

The call to change the balance of power in development cooperation is  getting louder and louder. It is time for more local ownership of the  global agenda, everyone seems to agree. There is even a real movement  under the hashtag #ShiftThePower .  The development community has been talking about this for decades now,  but what has changed? In this new Podcast series of Disrupt Development I  am g...

People of colour and young women face many challenges when they’re dreaming to become entrepreneurs. Izzy Obeng is the founder and director of Foundervine , a social enterprise who specialise in start-up and scale-up acceleration programmes for founders from disadvantaged communities in the United Kingdom and Africa. “I was working in corporate at the time, in talent development consulting at KPMG...

The call to change the balance of power in development cooperation is getting louder and louder. It is time for more local ownership of the global agenda, everyone seems to agree. There is even a real movement under the hashtag #ShiftThePower . The development community has been talking about this for decades now, but what has changed? In this new Podcast series of Disrupt Development I am going u...

A doughnut cooked up in Oxford will guide Amsterdam out of the economic mess left by the coronavirus pandemic. Amsterdam is embracing the so-called doughnut , an economic model that envisions “a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance”. The brainchild of Kate Raworth, a senior research associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute ,  the doughnut is a way of thinki...

Data science, as a field, tends to get obscured by so many buzzwords (“AI!” “Deep learning!” “Big data!”) that relate to what we can do, without a lot about why we would do it in the first place. It’s a growing field, with so much potential, but I think it’s important to shift the narrative. Yes, data-science, but why? Technologies progress and develop, data becomes more prolific and useful. How c...

Our economies and companies are addicted to exponential growth. But is this good for our planet and our society? In recent years social entrepreneurship claims to offer an alternative - but something still doesn't feel right. As the founder of the world's first Post-Growth company Melanie Rieback’s talk will combine her practical experience building "nonprofit businesses" with...

There is a lot of interest from professionals working in international development in human-centered design. A mindset and approach that sits at the intersection of empathy and creativity. Together, with Rahmin Bender we will talk about what design is, debunk myths about design, explore how to solve wicked problems through design, and how you can become a designer yourself.  Rahmin Bender Ph. D. i...

Why is innovation made complex by so many people? In this Podcast global innovation author and speaker, Gijs van Wulfen, makes innovation simple again, so you and your team can innovate yourselves successfully. We talk about what innovation is, why it matters, idea killers, conservative managers, how to create an innovation culture and what Confucius can learn us to become innovators.  Gijs van Wu...