Thanks Michael. I think you will enjoy the papers written by Ali Mokdad on the Aid Industrial Complex. They can be downloaded from ssrn but unfortunately I am unable to attach them here.
"This transactional mindset, where time's value is directly tied to monetary remuneration, prevents them from seeing the immense value of donated time and collaborative problem-solving." Yes indeed. I've encountered this on a number of occasions, and have come to some additional conclusions. The people at the helm of an organization can be mostly invested in a projection of their ideal self, and are sometimes choosing a different expression of values than they've been living up to that point. It's appealing not to be following someone else's orders, so they're adopting a new persona. That's fine as a learning process for themselves, if they're transparent about that and ready to admit they're also on a learning curve.
If not, they miss the lesson that creative leadership skills involve more than assuming a title and bringing attention to what they're doing. It means having a keen grasp of human resources, which depends on listening carefully and assessing the non-monetary resources each individual who shows up has to offer. If they can do that, the outcome of the exercise is typically more than the sum of its parts.
That's the transformative part of the exercise: it's about neurodensification. individual and collective, and pattern shifting. It's about letting go and riding a wave, and respecting the chemistry involved. As the African proverb says, ""If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together."
Could not have put it better Mike, thank you! It is everywhere, sadly. I particularly like the depiction of drama 📐. I strongly believe this is caused by too few people considering volunteering their time and/or other assets (not necessarily money). If more people would be generous to the degree they can truly afford, we would have less problems. As long as a few of us gives, we will almost always end up with "empty bowls" from which nobody can draw any longer. Similarly familiar part is the non-monetary devaluation of giving. Many discount these up front and consider as nothing. My question is always: really? Nothing? Then how come not more people can freely give time, effort or assets they don't immediately need? Indeed a timely lesson, which people seem to fail learning every year. Thank you for sharing!
I put this show together 2 years ago, but it is unfortunately more poignant than ever.
Currently, we are experiencing massive budget cuts in Vienna, and all the local organizations are scrambling. Shouldn't this be a wake-up call to establish new structures where the largesse of the state has been unveiled for what it is, a means of keeping activists under self-censorship? #therevoluntionwillnotbefinanced
It should be the wake-up call we badly need...yet it is lagging. My post and email is also overflowing with requests and frankly, they land in the bin. I will write about these from a business perspective shortly as well...staggering misuse of given resources while they always ask for more...etc-etc. These only end if we change the system, as you said.
Thanks Michael. I think you will enjoy the papers written by Ali Mokdad on the Aid Industrial Complex. They can be downloaded from ssrn but unfortunately I am unable to attach them here.
found it Basma. Thanks!
"This transactional mindset, where time's value is directly tied to monetary remuneration, prevents them from seeing the immense value of donated time and collaborative problem-solving." Yes indeed. I've encountered this on a number of occasions, and have come to some additional conclusions. The people at the helm of an organization can be mostly invested in a projection of their ideal self, and are sometimes choosing a different expression of values than they've been living up to that point. It's appealing not to be following someone else's orders, so they're adopting a new persona. That's fine as a learning process for themselves, if they're transparent about that and ready to admit they're also on a learning curve.
If not, they miss the lesson that creative leadership skills involve more than assuming a title and bringing attention to what they're doing. It means having a keen grasp of human resources, which depends on listening carefully and assessing the non-monetary resources each individual who shows up has to offer. If they can do that, the outcome of the exercise is typically more than the sum of its parts.
That's the transformative part of the exercise: it's about neurodensification. individual and collective, and pattern shifting. It's about letting go and riding a wave, and respecting the chemistry involved. As the African proverb says, ""If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together."
So it's always about time, one way or another.
Could not have put it better Mike, thank you! It is everywhere, sadly. I particularly like the depiction of drama 📐. I strongly believe this is caused by too few people considering volunteering their time and/or other assets (not necessarily money). If more people would be generous to the degree they can truly afford, we would have less problems. As long as a few of us gives, we will almost always end up with "empty bowls" from which nobody can draw any longer. Similarly familiar part is the non-monetary devaluation of giving. Many discount these up front and consider as nothing. My question is always: really? Nothing? Then how come not more people can freely give time, effort or assets they don't immediately need? Indeed a timely lesson, which people seem to fail learning every year. Thank you for sharing!
I put this show together 2 years ago, but it is unfortunately more poignant than ever.
Currently, we are experiencing massive budget cuts in Vienna, and all the local organizations are scrambling. Shouldn't this be a wake-up call to establish new structures where the largesse of the state has been unveiled for what it is, a means of keeping activists under self-censorship? #therevoluntionwillnotbefinanced
It should be the wake-up call we badly need...yet it is lagging. My post and email is also overflowing with requests and frankly, they land in the bin. I will write about these from a business perspective shortly as well...staggering misuse of given resources while they always ask for more...etc-etc. These only end if we change the system, as you said.