As I write this month’s blog my view is not from my office but from the window of a Delta Airlines Boeing 767, 10,000m above the Atlantic Ocean on my way home from New York, but more of that later. Continue reading
In this 3:30 minute film, Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), gives an update on ILRI@40 events that are happening this year. Find out more about ILRI@40 Continue reading
This is the second ILR@40 update with information on what’s happening – plans, progress and how you can contribute (see update 1). The main activity is a conference in two parts. The first part is in Nairobi on 1 October. It comprises a high-profile scientific conference with participation from the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for … Continue reading
Many of you will have heard of the forthcoming OCS – One Corporate System, an online system that will be gradually rolled out to cover processes that are currently paper/manual including – research management, finance, POD, procurement. In the first instance the system will be quite basic, but will help ILRI move towards greater efficiency. … Continue reading
On 1 August, Jimmy Smith held a town hall for all staff. Staff was updated on the following:- Consortium update: CRP extensions; second phase; Mid-Term Review of the Reform (MTR); OCS roll out; Update on ILRI@40 anniversary events; POD Policies; and Budget preparations. View the presentation (you will be asked to login to the file with your … Continue reading
This month’s ‘view’ is not from my office. I am writing this while enjoying the view over the rolling hills of Aberdeenshire, Scotland from my mother’s house in Turriff a small town of 4000 people, where I am on leave. This is the countryside where I was brought up – in fact only seven miles … Continue reading
Welcome to the view from my office! My office in Mara House has a great view of the Ngong Hills, but this monthly blog is not going to focus on that view. Rather, I want to use it to keep you up to date with what I have been doing, what I’m thinking and my … Continue reading
The month of May started with a two-day visit to Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The university has a fund – the International Research and Education Fund – to encourage joint research in developing countries among its departments. A number of ILRI departments are preparing a proposal, linked to the Livestock and Fish CRP to … Continue reading
On 24 April, Jimmy Smith held a town hall for all staff. It covered Restructuring, repositioning and consolidating ILRI; Managing change; and adjustments to compensation in 2014. It also touched on financial performance, staffing levels and distribution, diversity, the reclassification exercise, critical success factors and ILR@40. View the presentation Watch/listen to the audio recording Read … Continue reading
On 8 March our Sports Day which coincided with International Women’s Day. There was an excellent turnout and thanks to all who made this event possible, including CIMMYT who sponsored this year’s event. The following day a number of our female staff participated in the Addis Women’s 5km run. Well done to everyone who took … Continue reading
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