CARE Failing Forward

Fences and Cucumbers: Why we need to ask more critical questions

Gideon Cohen from Southern Africa talks about how we need to ask critical questions and give people the space to check in when things aren't working. How do we overturn power dynamics to get more honest feedback and improve our work?

Putting Survivors First: Ensuring that we make the right decisions in tough situations

Laurie Lee discusses what he learned from one of his early experiences responding to cases of sexual abuse, and how we need to balance tensions between power, reporting, privacy, and cultural contexts. In the end, the answer is simple: Put the survivor first.

You are not alone: Learning to apply systems thinking in cocoa projects

Juan Echanove, the Senior Director of Food and Nutrition Security at CARE talks about how we can do a better job designing a portfolio of projects that use a systems thinking approach instead of creating a host of standalone projects that don't build on each other.

How Ebola Taught Us to Take Risks and Make Fast Decisions

CARE International interview on how to learn from failure--what worked and what didn't in Ebola response, and what that teaches us about taking calculated risks.