Wednesday’s town hall meeting focused on 2 issues: the results of the recent ‘engagement survey’ of staff (presented by Medeleine Dunford)and the ILRI strategy, 2013-2022 (presented by Shirley Tarawali). Watch Shirley’s presentation on Slideshare / More documents on the strategy Below are the WebEx streaming and download links. The links are split into two parts … Continue reading
See Jimmy’s presentation from the town hall on 4 February … about strategy and structure: Continue reading
At today’s town hall meeting, Jimmy mentioned that the latest ‘with tweaks’ version of our strategy was sent t the Board today for a final review. You can download this version at: http://ilristrategy.wikispaces.com/ Please note that this is NOT the final version for public circulation. It is possible that the Board will propose further small … Continue reading
On 19 October, Jimmy organized a town hall meeting on recent developments and the upcoming Board meeting. Watch the presentation [java must be enabled – ask IT if you need help] See all town halls Continue reading
On first joining ILRI, Jimmy Smith launched a series of short video messages to staff. Last week in Addis Ababa, as part of this series we interviewed Jimmy about his first 8 months in office. The conversation ranged across several topics – the ILRI change process, CGIAR developments, the ILRI strategy, the global livestock agenda … Continue reading
Message from Jimmy Smith As you know, since April we have engaged you in various discussions and questions to help shape a new strategy for ILRI. I have been closely following this process and I am now fully involved and actively participating in the Strategy Task Force activities. Many of you responded by sharing comments … Continue reading
As part of our work on a new strategy for ILRI, Delia asked some questions related to ILRI’s work at the interface of animal and human health. If you have some further ideas or comments triggered by this post, please feel free to share them! With thanks to those people who replied, here’s a quick … Continue reading
During the visit of George Levvy as consultant to the strategy task force, we organized as series of face to face and virtual conversations with staff. We asked two main sets of questions: 1. what would success for ILRI look like in the future? 2. What do you think we should keep and change about … Continue reading
In the past ten days, we have accelerated our discussions and engagement across ILRI and beyond. We have posed questions and asked for feedback from the wider world; we have convened small group discussions inside ILRI, and we have some internal questions as well. Last week, we brought together a dozen scientists from the Addis … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues You’ll have noticed the strategy process gaining some momentum in recent days! Firstly, let me say a big thank you to everyone who has already contributed comments or helped to share the story line and tough issues with partners. We want to give you as much opportunity as possible to contribute to the … Continue reading
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