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#DevelopmentDynamics
From her lived experience, Dr. Katindi shares insights on gender dynamics in development, and other considerations in international consultancy.
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In this episode, Dr. Katindi explains her journey starting off in development consultancy offering research, policy analysis, and strategy and #futuring.
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Dr. Katindi recalls her time as Programmes Director at the Society for International Development (#SID), coordinating all programs, providing leadership and technical assistance in exploring inequali…
While working at IEA-Kenya, Dr. Katindi also met her husband-to-be. In this brief episode, she discusses dating and early marriage during this phase of her life.
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Dr. Katindi explains how she and the team worked at IEA-Kenya also used #futures thinking to spur constituency development and local governance. She observes that development is not just about money,…
Dr. Katindi unpacks the scenario-building process with examples of similarities and differences handling this process at a national and regional scale. She also makes a case for triangulating people-…
While providing practical examples of the Kenya Youth Scenarios, Dr. Katindi explains what future thinking is all about – in context of strategic planning. Scenarios are projections of alternative pa…
Here’s how Dr. Katindi envisioned and worked on the legacy-defining Kenya Youth Scenarios (KEYS) back in 2010. She first conceived of the Kenya Youth Scenarios project to help Kenyans constructively …
It took lots of interesting experiences for the seed of a career pursuit in "futures" to be planted in Dr. Katindi Sivi's journey. This episode talks about working on Kenya at the crossroads scenario…
Dr. Katindi discusses the importance of mentorship, and dedication to learning everything at the start of her career.
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One of the experiences that a younger Katindi had during her internship was being asked how much she should be paid. She hadn't been mentored on how to respond to such a question. Follow on with her …
Dr. Katindi explains her community service experience that gave her a foster sister to take care of.
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Dr. Katindi relives her time in USIU as a student taking an International Relations course.
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Dr. Katindi shares her experience as a teenage girl living in Belgium with her dad and studying for her A-Levels at the British School of Brussels. While there, she also recalls taking on odd jobs su…
Dr. Katindi recalls being clamped down due to comparison around positions (not grades) in high school, feeling like a failure. Indeed no one had prepared her for the experience and narrative resultin…
Dr. Katindi reflects on how her late father (RIP) modeled sacrifice, unconditional love, hard work, faith, and lots of other values to her and her siblings.
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We meet a young Katindi growing up in Kariobangi, one of Nairobi's City Council Housing projects. She has had a great childhood and is also exposed to different vices in the community leading to her …
Dr. Katindi Sivi is the Founder and Executive Director of Long View Group. She is a much-respected social action researcher and among the top six women futurists in Africa and principal trainer at Af…
This final episode of #DrCatherineKyobutungi's journey is a deep reflection of her purpose in life, and then acting on it.
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In this episode, Dr. Catherine talks about her passions around decolonzing global health, the disconnect between political leadership and science (research and development), valuing African knowledge…