Transformative change in complex systems requires a flexible and iterative approach with teams of people with different skills, ideas, and authority to work together.
Project Team
Matt Andrews, Salimah Samji, and Mayra Hoyos (2022), Kriti Chopra (2023)
September – December 2022
August – December 2023
BSC has led two PDIA online action learning programs for The Voice Inc, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) funded Local Leadership & Collective Action Program in Papua New Guinea, to build the capability of local leaders to create broad coalitions for change.
The goal of the program is to build the capability of local leadership to engage in collective action as they learned how to address and solve problems, in teams, through action-oriented work.
Cohort 1: September – December 2022
In September 2022, 31 development leaders across 6 teams participated in the PDIA program. The teams included 4-6 members from TVI, government, NGOs, private sector, and the Catholic Church. Over the period of twelve weeks, they learned the following skills: leadership, communication, working in teams, authorization, time management, and how to solve complex problems.
The teams worked on the following problems:
- Youth unemployment
- Increased use and abuse of illegal substances by youth
- Quality of education in both elementary and higher education
- Decentralization
- Sorcery accusation related violence
Cohort 2: August – December 2023
In August 2023, we began to work with a second cohort of 36 development leaders across 6 teams participated in the PDIA program. Over the period of twelve weeks, they learned the following skills: leadership, communication, working in teams, authorization, time management, and how to solve complex problems.
The teams worked on the following problems:
- Youth unemployment
- Empowering youth through art
- Taxation
- Increased use and abuse of illegal substances by youth
- Sorcery accusation related violence
- Lack of monitoring of the capital investment budget
- ECE education
Program Feedback
92%
Rated the overall program as very/extremely useful.
92%
Found it professionally as well as personally useful.
Participant Testimonials
“Not only do I now know how to approach a complex problem, but I now know how to get others to not only be involved but OWN it as well.”
“I learned a lot from the art of teaming and taking small action steps- which has helped me to be humble and respectful with different people’s ideas and opinions, being curious about what others can bring- and taking small steps each week, which has helped me to see how we can achieve a big thing with each small step along the way.”
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