People Practices

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.

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.

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece focuses on how organizations are rising to the challenges of creating an effective and inclusive internal culture by deploying plural and informal means.

In this issue, you’ll read an interview with Jodo Gyan, an organization that has resolutely remained focused, from the beginning of its existence, on creating an inclusive work culture based on equity, transparency, and consultation.

In her perspective building piece, Sujatha Rao provides a historical overview of people practices as an area of human endeavour and raises some important questions that can help us rethink people practices in CSOs in a critical and balanced manner.

In an article titled “Nurture, trust and patience,” Surya Prakash Rai shares the experiences of co-creating an inclusive team by keeping capacity building at the centre of their CSO’s people practices and of looking beyond formal qualifications while recruiting team members.