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Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting in Uganda
Lane Pollack, former Organizational Learning Advisor for USAID Uganda, explains how CLA is utilized within the mission and how it impacted their programming.
Stop, Collaborate and Listen
We get a lot of requests for examples of what collaborating, learning and adapting looks like in practice. So in this episode, we’re zeroing in on the C in CLA, collaboration, with…
Meeting Strategically: How to Collaborate, But Not Too Much
In this episode, we look at evidence from the business sector on the negative effects of over-collaboration. Next, we reflect on the way our teams collaborate and then talk about…
Introducing: From the Inside Out
USAID Learning Lab is back with a new podcast series called From the Inside Out: Achieving Better Development Outcomes through Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting. From the Inside…
How USAID is Hacking International Development from the Inside Out
This is the pilot episode of the first USAID Learning Lab podcast series.
Collaborating, learning, and adapting, or CLA, is an approach that recognizes the complexities of…
Adapting for Better Development Results
This is the final episode in our series on how USAID is collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) with a look at the “A” in CLA: adapting. International development work is often…
Going Beyond Technical Skills: How to Build an Adaptive Team
If change starts with people, then what should we consider when building collaborative, learning-focused teams? When development isn’t a linear process and success depends on much…
Public Sector System Strengthening (PS3) at USAID/Tanzania
Shannon Young, Contracting Officer Representative of USAID/Tanzania’s Public Sector System Strengthening (PS3) Activity, shares examples of Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting…
How USAID/Senegal Leveraged The Annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey For Reflection And Change
Without good facilitation, organizational culture can be a thorny topic. In this collaborating, learning and adapting case study, USAID/Senegal describes how they used their Federal…
Using Open Space Technology for Strategy Development at USAID/Indonesia
USAID/Indonesia highlights its approach to collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) through its strategy development process. The Mission used Open Space Technology to convene a…