Adaptive Leadership in Development
Unlock your potential with this practice focused MOOC on Adaptive Leadership in Development! Dive into a transformative learning experience designed to equip you with the skills, strategies, and tools necessary to navigate complex challenges. Discover innovative approaches to address systemic problems and learn how to implement sustainable solutions. Connect with a vibrant network of professionals from diverse backgrounds, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange. Join the course and become a catalyst for change in coral reef conservation and building community resilience making a lasting impact on the future of our oceans.
This course is designed to enhance practical skills that can be directly applied by the learner to tackle challenges and address contexts that are relevant to them. You'll learn about:
- Effectively analysing and defining your problems or challenges.
- Problem Driven Iterative Adaption or PDIA as a tool for tackling complex problems developed by Harvard Kennedy School researchers Matt Andrews, Lant Pritchett and Michael Woolcock.
- Monitoring and evaluation in the context of complexity.
- Approaches to institutional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
- Leadership principles relevant to adaptive management.
Use case example:
Meet Sarah, a marine biologist working in coral reef conservation. Concerned about declining reef health, Sarah enrolls in the Adaptive Leadership in Development course to make a meaningful impact.
During the course, Sarah learns effective problem analysis and skills for engaging stakeholders allowing her to develop a shared definition of the problem. Using the Problem Driven Iterative Adaption (PDIA) approach she conducts research, gathers data, tests hypothesis and collaborates with local communities, developing sustainable fishing practices and promoting responsible tourism.
Implementing a monitoring program, Sarah evaluates interventions and adjusts accordingly. Partnering with government agencies, NGOs, and academic institutions, she creates a comprehensive coral reef conservation plan.
Through the course, Sarah gains adaptive management and leadership skills, inspiring others and making informed decisions. Her efforts, supported by the course's network, contribute to the resilience of coral reefs.