Tag Archives: Advice in International developement

States of Being Poor

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

States of being poor ………for testing with personas (very draft)  Not Poor:  Life conditions are such that people have the personal capabilities and worldviews, individual resources, supportive community environment and essential community services to care for themselves and their children and … Continue reading →

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Advice from an Integral Friend

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

Advice from an Integral Friend In an organization you can find yourself presiding over a range of activities and programs that seem to make some sense on their own but are difficult to conceive of and articulate as being something … Continue reading →

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Worlds of Praxis

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

WOP-Quadrants and Development[Paper010]

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Nine Tips for International Development Practitioners

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

March 2016 marked ten years since I began working in International Development focusing primarily on local economic development. So I thought this a good time to put down a few  insights that I have found useful or which I think … Continue reading →

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Riding on Trust

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jocknoble

Postcard from Hanoi I am free falling, no escape. My head in my hands, panic somewhere just below where my heart should be. I tell myself I have been to this place before and so far it has always ended … Continue reading →

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Alone with others and two headed yellow dragons

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

  “Anyone or anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.”                             (Poet David Whyte) Postcard from Senegal I am back in Senegal, eight months since … Continue reading →

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Fearless Hopelessness

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

 “Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for” Amos Nathan Tversky Many NGOs working in international development are finding that their … Continue reading →

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Too dumb to keep but too hard to leave behind

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

Meeting in the village of Foudou – The floor is earth and the sides are open, the essence of humility Postcard from Senegal It is March, I am in Dakar and have just been picked up from my hotel to … Continue reading →

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The Creator of Yerevan

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

When I arrived in Yerevan I began to construct a new city; it is very similar to the Yerevan on my city tourist map and it is similar to the Yerevan of the people who have lived here all their … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Dreams

Posted on August 3, 2014 by jocknoble

Postcard from Solomon Islands We are sitting in a circle on white plastic moulded chairs on the sand. I am in Honiara with a group of Solomon Islanders, they are speaking of high youth unemployment, few jobs and little money, … Continue reading →

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