ChrisOct 31, 20185 minWho hijacked "impact"?This week I had the opportunity to attend the Impact Startupfest 2018 in The Hague. A bringing together of innovators, investors and “i...
ChrisJul 27, 20183 minAre international development funders sabotaging their own outomes?One of the common criticisms levelled against “charity”, all lumped together like an amorphous mass, is that it “wastes: donations". Thi...
FieldWorksApr 10, 20173 minMARKET ABUSE – IS IT TIME TO REGULATE THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR?On the 28th March Tesco was ordered to pay £129 million / $160 million fine for “market abuse” as a result of overstating its profits in ...
FieldWorksMar 30, 20174 minWHAT DOES IMPACT MEAN?Imagine a company who is giving away a new product free of charge at a train station or in the street. No one asked you what you wanted, ...
FieldWorksMar 9, 20172 minDFID IS NOT THE VICTIMWhile I am the first to have a good old dig at inefficiencies and overspending within the aid sector, I find “aid actor bashing” (and I u...
FieldWorksFeb 23, 20172 minDOES IT MATTER WHAT BENEFICIARIES THINK? When you choose to buy anything you might be the kind of person that does a little research. If you’re like us you might even do up a lit...
FieldWorksFeb 17, 20171 minVOICES FROM THE GROUND UP; INVESTING IN IMPACT As individual donors we expect – nay, even demand – ‘impact’. Yet often we aren’t informed of what it takes to get to the point of having...