How to get everyone rowing the boat in the same direction?

In this episode, I wanted to bring in a perspective from the private sector because the challenge of running multi-cultural teams of foreigners and nationals is not limited to the development sector. I speak with Shakeel Hassanali who is the Managing Director of JW Seagon - an international insurance broker with offices in Kenya. 

We explore the mistrust and bias he faced when he arrived and how collectively, they managed to build a shared organisational culture and put in structures which recognise the systems at play, rather than ignore them, but to ultimately let the individual to flourish. There is plenty that organisations in the public sector could learn from this approach.

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