A good chunk of the GKI team is headed to Kenya this weekend to meet with Dr. Kennedy Mwetu and a number of other prestigious researchers from Kenyatta University, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University, just to name a few, to work on solutions to water harvesting challenges in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. See an overview of what we hope to accomplish here.
We believe that anyone is capable of disrupting the systems we live within. It’s this capability — to deeply connect with the needs, incentives, and challenges of other stakeholders in the system — that is the key to how the HCD mindset can foster a human-centered, stakeholder-led, systems change.
As an organization, GKI prioritizes learning. We celebrate exploration and create opportunities to learn from one another. As we head into the holiday season, our team looked back and shared what challenged our thinking in 2023. In our second annual learning review (see last year’s here) below you’ll find a range of books, podcasts, and…
Did you know your brain is wired with negativity bias? We are predisposed to spot things that are not going well and feel an instinctual tug to fix them. As a result, researchers estimate that we spend about 80% of our time trying to fix what’s not working and 20% of our time trying to build on our strengths.
After an intensive review by an international Technical Committee of experts, the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) proudly announces the winner of the fourth round of our partnership-forging LINK (Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions) program: Dr. Geofrey Arinaitwe, of BioCrops Uganda Limited. We would like to congratulate Dr. Arinaitwe, a seasoned entrepreneur and…
The Global Knowledge Initiative is proud to announce the commencement of a fourth round of our flagship partnership-forging, LINK (Learning and Innovation Network for Knowledge and Solutions) program. GKI designed LINK to harness the power of international collaboration to solve development challenges. Specifically, LINK seeks to solve challenges that beckon for scientific and technical research,…
Back in August, we teamed up with UNESCO and the Nelson Mandela Africa Institute of Science and Technology to conduct a Training-of-Trainers program on innovation management skills in Tanzania. During our first visit we trained trainers on the fundamentals of the skills needed for collaborative innovation and the training techniques needed to impart those skills…
Hey, we launched the Systems Innovation Toolkit: An Interactive Learning Journey