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Episode 3

Humanitarian Leadership Under Pressure, Identity vs Strategy, and What Comes Next

7 February 2026·46 min

Leadership within pressurised humanitarian systems. The hosts contrast grassroots innovation with large institutional survival modes. Discussion addresses values under stress, reputational risks, and organisational sustainability during transformation. A focus on systems breaking down and emerging alternatives, and the uncomfortable but necessary changes the sector keeps deferring.

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Leadership Under Pressure: When the System Stops Working and No One Wants to Say It
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