Design Challenge // How might we model the change we wish to see in the world?
Partner // GRID Impact
Client // Oxfam International
Project // Co-design, coaching & facilitation for Oxfam International, an international confederation of nonprofits.
Role // Facilitator, Co-Lead
Outcome // In 2024, I partnered with GRID Impact and Oxfam International to co-design and co-facilitate a week-long, confederation-wide gathering in Nairobi, Kenya.
The purpose of the gathering was to catalyze operational leadership, confidence, alignment, and capacity as strategic enablers for advancing Oxfam’s commitments to feminism, anti-racism, decolonization, and its broader mission and values.
Through deep reflection, guided connection, and participatory work sessions, operations leaders from across the confederation collaborated across functions and levels. Together, they diagnosed organizational misalignments and co-created an action plan to bring greater congruence between Oxfam’s external impact and internal ways of working (people, processes & technology).
Number of Participants // 80+
Duration of Engagement // Spring - Autumn 2024
Acknowledgements//
Design Team: Molly Alexander, Shin Renn, Karen Vinalay, Alex Fiorillo
Images: Oxfam International
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“Thank you for the way in which you have so deftly led us through both sticky conversations and sprinkled fairy dust in our plenary space. You led, challenged and created spaces for us to play. We are changed for better through your interventions.” - Leela Ramdhani, COO, Oxfam International