• Blog

Building a Brighter Future: Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Creation for Social Impact

  • Source : ISDM
  • 6 May 2024
The Indian social sector is experiencing a dynamic transformation, with traditional funding models evolving and innovative financing mechanisms taking root. In this landscape of change, collaboration, knowledge creation, and stakeholder engagement aren’t options any longer, they are the cornerstones of a thriving and impactful future.Empowering Change Through Education: Cultivating Capacity for ImpactAt the heart of this transformation lies capacity building. It’s about equipping both Implementing organisations and donors with the knowledge and skills to navigate the complexities of innovative finance,…
  • Blog

Breaking the Silence: Perimenopause and Women in Leadership

  • Source : ISDM
  • 9 March 2025
Thanks to AI and big brother on the watch, my first-hand experience with perimenopausal symptoms opened the floodgates of information across channels. The overload of facts, myths, and hacks left me bedazzled! But it was one line from my gynaecologist that set me thinking: “Kakul, don’t give up on your A-game. Don’t let your brain say slow down; keep up the learning curve and try the latest technology, tools, and books.” Hmmm… I went back to check the facts, myths,…
  • Blog

Bahraich Ke Kisse: My Story Of Meeting Some Awe Inspiring Women

  • Source : ISDM
  • 16 November 2023
In this personal narrative, the author recounts an inspiring journey of meeting dynamic women leaders in the social sector. The article focuses on the lessons learned from these encounters, emphasizing resilience, mentorship, and the power of female leadership. It highlights how these experiences have reshaped perceptions of social change and motivated the pursuit of innovative solutions to long-standing challenges, offering inspiration for both emerging and established professionals.
  • Blog

A Guide To Development Management

  • Source : ISDM
  • 15 May 2024
Have you ever stopped to anticipate all the basic necessities in your life and how easily they could slip away? Imagine the millions who are not privileged enough for what you have. This troubling statistic will leave you numb.According to the Global MPI results in 2021, nearly 1.3 billion of the 5.8 billion beings across 109 countries lacked basic accessibility to food, water, and sanitation. It is disheartening that nearly half of all children under 12 are facing the issue…
  • Blog

8 Eye Opening Reasons Why Development Management Trumps an MBA

  • Source : ISDM
  • 4 January 2024
This article presents eight compelling reasons why development management is a superior educational choice over a conventional MBA for aspiring social sector leaders. It details the specialized curriculum, real-world problem solving, ethical leadership focus, and enhanced experiential learning that empower graduates to address complex social challenges. The post argues that development management better prepares professionals to effect sustainable change.
  • Case Study

Data Quality Framework

  • Source : World Bank DIME Wiki
  • 1 May 2025
This resource from the World Bank DIME Wiki outlines a practical framework for monitoring data quality in development projects. It highlights the key dimensions of data quality such as accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency, providing actionable steps for teams to perform routine data checks and corrective actions. By following this framework, development practitioners can ensure the collection of reliable and high-quality data, which is essential for effective decision-making and achieving better project outcomes. The approach fosters accountability and supports continuous improvements in data quality, ultimately enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of development programs.
  • Paper / Report

What is Talent Recruitment?

  • Source : ISDM & CSIP
  • 1 September 2022
Talent attraction and recruitment is the first step in identifying, screening, and selecting talent for a particular job role in Social Purpose organizations (SPOs). Effective recruitment strategies bring the right candidate on board so that the effectiveness and performance of the SPO is enhanced. Conversely, when SPOs do not find the right candidate, they prefer not to hire, worrying that a wrong hire might negatively affect the organization.
  • Paper / Report

Compensation Benchmarking in the Indian Social Sector Report

  • Source : Korn Ferry, CSIP, ISDM
  • 2 September 2022
This report presents the key findings from the study on compensation benchmarking in the Indian social sector. Drawing from a sample of 75 Indian social purpose organizations(SPOs), it provides an insight into the existing compensation practices across a typology of roles and SPOs. It also presents the status of social sector compensation as compared to the general industry compensation.
  • Paper / Report

Talent Management in the Social Sector: A Review of Compensation and Motivation

  • Source : ISDM & CSIP
  • 1 August 2022
This article systematically reviews compensation practices and motivation in social sector organisations. It covers two key areas: compensation and motivation. The review identifies organisation and employee-level factors influencing compensation, its impact on performance and commitment, and gaps for future research. It also explores motivation theories and key drivers in the sector. Most literature focuses on North America and Europe, treating social organisations as a single category, despite structural differences. This limits understanding of talent in India’s social sector. The article highlights these challenges and offers recommendations for practitioners and researchers.
  • Case Study

Community Development Centre (CDC)

  • Source : ISDM & CSIP
  • 3 August 2022
This case engages with the journey of Community Development Centre (CDC), a small non-profit organisation operating in the Mahakaushal region of Madhya Pradesh for over two decades. The case demonstrates how CDC has created a resilient and responsive organizational culture in a remote and resource-starved environment to address multiple developmental challenges of the region and in particular, of the most marginalised Baiga tribe within it. This case represents many similar small organizations that carry out credible and often pivotal work in their own contexts. This case aims to build an appreciation of such organisations in the mainstream developmental discourse.
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