DGMT has set three goals to help South Africa escape the inequality trap, and has identified 10 powerful opportunities to realise each goal. This forms the guiding framework for everything the organisation does. The first goal is an innovative and inclusive society, which can build the scaffolding for human and knowledge capital to thrive and drive public innovation. One of the key drivers of public innovation is the capacitation of leadership. DGMT has long held the view that civil society should take its equal place alongside government and business in shaping the social and economic future of South Africa. This requires a pipeline of skilled, confident leaders with a strong sense of identity as public innovators. This learning brief reflects on approaches to leadership development, and is authored by one of the facilitators involved in DGMT’s Innovation Fellowship for young leaders in civil society. It’s a glimpse into the evolution of the facilitation team’s thinking about the programme’s design, in their efforts to cultivate the leadership qualities needed to address the unique challenges and opportunities for those working in civil society. Through this brief, the facilitators hope to inspire people to think differently about leadership development and adapt innovative methods for building leadership in their own contexts.
To read this learning brief, download a PDF, or read it magazine-style on ISSUU here.
