The Sector Debrief

E12: Acting, or Acting?

"Are you actually comfortable with change, or are you just familiar with running change processes?" Kim Kucinskas comes back from three conferences in two weeks, the UNG

E11: The Joy of Collaboration Over Control

"Not having the control is actually quite liberating." In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad are joined by Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecqu

E10: Inside the Impact Alliance

"We are practising our way into what the future will look like." In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad are joined by Vanessa Self, Project

E9: What Do You Tell the Next Generation?

"As educators, we need to start thinking about what we're educating people on." In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad work through a quest

E8: Rethinking Risk Management in the Humanitarian and Development Sector

In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad are joined by Sabrina M. Segal, Director of The Risk Collaborative, who has spent years working on ho

E7: Donations, Collaboration, and AI in the Room

"This is not just a funding problem. It is a social contract problem." A mother and two children spend their Sunday knocking on doors, collecting donations for an NGO. A

E6: The Sector Is Changing. How Do You Make Sense Of It?

“This is not just a funding problem. It's a social contract problem." Kim Kucinskas came back from a month on the road and needed to think out loud. This episode is that

E5: Who Are You in the Room, Identity vs Positionality, and Leadership in Times of Disruption

What does it mean to truly know who you are — and how you show up — in the spaces you occupy?In Episode 5 of The Sector Debrief, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali

E4: The CEO Perspective, Urgent Patience, and Why Idealism Is Not Naivety

In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad are joined bySofia Sprechmann Sineiro, a humanitarian leader who spent three decades inside the secto

E3: Humanitarian Leadership Under Pressure, Identity vs Strategy, and What Comes Next

In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson-Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad explore what it means to lead in a humanitarian system under pressure. The conversation moves between

E2: What does sector mean, leadership tension, and change

In this episode, Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad explore what the word sector actually means, responding to feedback from the first episode, and wheth

E1: What this space is about, leadership and reflections

This first episode sets the tone for the series. Kim Kucinskas, Thomas Jepson Lay, and Ali Al Mokdad talk about what this space is about, share reflections on leadership,