Khushboo Awasthi

Micro Improvements, Mega Impact Part-3: Micro-Improvements approach restores agency

MICRO-IMPROVEMENTS, MEGA IMPACT Micro-Improvements approach restores Agency. Agency is defined as one’s independent capability to act for one’s own as well as collective well-being. In a complex, real-world system, there are factors, actors and interactions that are beyond one’s locus of control. Thus, any conversation around systemic change that dwells upon intermediate and long-term change …

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Micro Improvements, Mega Impact Part-2: Formula for change indicates Micro-Improvements

MICRO-IMPROVEMENTS, MEGA IMPACT Formula for Change indicates Micro-Improvements. Change is a topic of such perennial interest that umpteen change theories and change management models exist. One such model is the Beckhard-Harris change model that describes the conditions necessary for the desired change to occur. The model specifies that organisations and individuals change when, There is …

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Micro Improvements, Mega Impact Part-1: Change is natural, when garbed as Micro-Improvements

MICRO-IMPROVEMENTS, MEGA IMPACT “The only constant in life is change.”, said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Another constant is the fear of change, I must add. Research suggests that humans prefer what’s been around for a while. Status Quo brings routine. Change, to our mind, brings uncertainty. And as Tim Ferriss says, ‘people would rather be …

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Do Less With More

Do Less With More Towards scale and sustainability. The word ‘Scale’ has always evoked mixed, but extreme reactions from those of us, working in the development sector. There are champions of scale thinking, and then there are staunch believers of ‘small is beautiful’.  This article is not about evangelising either of the two positions. One …

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