On my other blog, Nonprofit Update, I have a post describing an essay that talks about the wild swings between optimism and pessimism of our perceptions about what is taking place in Africa. The underlying circumstances can feed either optimism or pessimism as you choose.
If we want to understand, we need to go beyond our mood swings and learn of the complexity that exists.
Why mention that post on this blog? Because it addresses at a deep level how we can deal with the change surrounding us. We need to go beyond our emotions and look at the underlying complexity.
Why post it on that blog? Because the main focus is an encouragement to address the unseen complexity in order to create change in the place where an NPO is working.
Check out It’s complicated, Africa version.