Organization Development

The issue’s Ground Zero piece discusses what it means to implement community-centred people practices in CSOs, drawing upon the practical experiences of three organizations. Working on this issue of Samuhik Pahal helped us look at the connections between organizational culture and values, people practices, and community impact with new eyes.

In “Reflections on our efforts to build a wholesome organization,” Arjun Trivedi provides the philosophical underpinnings and some practical strategies of creating an organization whose practices, including people practices, are being attempted to be rooted in compassion.

Anwar Jafri, by discussing the experiences of two organizations from their early days, shared the relevant ingredients and processes entailed in nurturing inclusive environments and supporting human functions in CSOs.

Ashish Shrivastava shows us how being rooted in self-identified values, and responding to one’s context with sincerity, can help CSOs in fortifying human capital at the grassroots.

Shubhra Chatterji, in her article, shares the importance of collectively developing a value-driven organizational culture in building a humane people practices system, which can support impactful work on the ground.

Mainak Roy and Trisha Sharma, in their essay, show that in order to create CSOs as supportive spaces for all team members, it is important to cultivate an organizational culture that prioritizes empathy, inclusion and learning.