For a couple of decades I have been thinking about what we measure and why we measure it in various development programmes. The choices we make about what we measure shape how the system develops over time and if we make the wrong choices the original purpose of the system can get lost. In …
Diversity, Inclusion and Power
Some Reflections on Inclusive Growth and Colliding Paradigms
Yesterday over 100 people gathered in Horizon at Brewery Wharf on the paved over flood plain of the River Aire in Leeds. While the warm air of Storm Ciara ripped at the cladding and dumped its increased burden of rain onto the hills and valleys it transpired that our keynote speaker was unable …
YOU are the problem we have been looking for…
This is the conclusion of many workshops, conferences and articles designed to help us to deepen our understanding, raise our awareness and develop more effective anti-racist practices. The problem is what Professor Kehinde Andrews calls 'The Psychosis of Whiteness'. Whiteness as a …