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NGO Soul + Strategy

Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken

Welcome to my podcast NGO Soul + Strategy – a podcast for leaders of NGOs and other philanthropic organizations who are not satisfied with the status quo, are ready to look change right in t...

Episodes

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096: Leading Change at Scale: Oxfam International’s Journey with Amitabh Behar

Summary In this final episode of NGO Soul + Strategy , Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken sits down with Amitabh Behar , Executive Director of Oxfam...

58:31Nov 10, 2025

095: Time and Talent: Navigating the Nonprofit Sector’s Greatest Strategic Assets with Doug Trout

Summary In this episode, I am joined by Doug Trout , CEO of DRi Waterstone Human Capital, to explore how nonprofit organizations can better...

52:21Oct 13, 2025

094. Breaking the Barriers to Innovation: Carlos Simon on Organizational Culture & Change in NGOs

Summary Innovation is often treated as a buzzword—but few nonprofit leaders take a hard look at the cultural, structural, and leadership obs...

54:55Sep 15, 2025

093. Feminist Leadership in Action: A Conversation with Jayanta Bora

Summary: What does it really mean to lead through a feminist lens? In this episode of NGO Soul + Strategy , I sit down with Jayanta Bora, a...

59:03Aug 11, 2025

092. How Culture Is Reality: Rethinking NGO Safeguarding with Andrew Henck

In this episode, I speak with Andrew Henck, a scholar-practitioner whose recent PhD research offers a nuanced take on organizational culture...

54:30Jul 14, 2025

091. “$10M Landed in Our Account”—What Nonprofits Must Know About Transformational Gifts and Sudden Growth with Michael Randel

What happens when your nonprofit receives a transformational gift—seemingly out of the blue? In this episode, change management expert Micha...

49:45Jun 9, 2025

090. Technology, Land Rights, and Leadership: A Conversation with Amy Coughenour Betancourt, CEO of Cadasta

Show Notes Summary Land rights are at the heart of building a sustainable and equitable future. Yet securing these rights—especially for mar...

62:44May 12, 2025

089: "I AM A CHANGE MAN”: How Arnold Dix Applied An Iconoclastic Leadership Approach at the International Tunnelling Association

Summary The International Tunnelling Association (ITA) plays a critical role in global infrastructure, ensuring clean water, sewage systems,...

56:30Apr 14, 2025

088. When You Have to Wind Down Your Nonprofit: How to do It Well, with Amy Miller-Taylor

Summary What does it take to lead an organization through a responsible and strategic closure? In this episode, I speak with Amy Miller-Tayl...

46:43Mar 10, 2025

087. Coaching Leaders Through An African Lens: Nankhonde Kasonde-Van Den Broek

Western coaching models weren’t built for African leaders. So Nankhonde Kasonde , a Zambian international development as well as a leadershi...

52:09Feb 10, 2025

086: The Modern Development Leader, How to Manage Change and All That: Torrey and Tosca in Conversation Part 2

Summary: What are the attributes of the modern humanitarian and development leader? Why modern? In what ways? How does one become one? Torre...

30:17Jan 27, 2025

085: The Modern Development Leader, How to Manage Change and All That: Torrey and Tosca in Conversation Part 1

Summary: This is part one of a two-part conversation between two podcast hosts: Torrey Peace and myself. Torrey’s podcast is The Modern Huma...

31:19Jan 13, 2025

084: Towards Ubuntu 2.0? A Wide-Ranging Leadership Conversation with Martin Kalungu-Banda

Summary What does the concept of Ubuntu teach us about leadership, community, and the well-being of people in organizations? How can African...

50:01Dec 16, 2024

083: African Solutions for African Problems: Consulting Strategies with Faye Ekong @ RavelWorks

Summary How does an African management consulting company that expressly sets itself up to offer African solutions to African problems commu...

54:37Dec 4, 2024

082: Human Emotions in a Poly-Crisis: How To Get To More Effective NGO Campaigning with Diya Deb @ MindWorks

Summary How can nonprofit organizations leverage human emotions to enhance the impact of their campaigns? What can NGOs learn from cognitive...

59:13Nov 22, 2024

081. Leadership Lessons From African Cultures, With Albert Momo

Summary What are the key principles of African leadership that nonprofit leaders globally could benefit from adopting? How does the African...

54:23Nov 14, 2024

080. Avoid These Leadership Mistakes When Managing Organizational Change With Michael Randel

Summary Is it that people resist change? That they fear change? Or rather that people fear loss? As a change management consultant, what is...

50:45Oct 9, 2024

079. Leadership in Africa Redefined With Taaka Awori of Busara Africa

Summary What does it Busara's tagline mean: 'transformational leadership, from the inside out'? To what extent are there trul...

42:27Sep 23, 2024

078. Which INGO Roles Are Still Legitimate, Relevant, and Needed (and Which No Longer): Dylan Mathews @ Peace Direct

Summary How should INGOs discern what roles are still relevant, legitimate, and needed, at this moment in civil society history?­­ And which...

49:46Sep 10, 2024

077. Let’s Work Through This: Conflict Mediation in Social Sector Organizations With Nathalie Thompson

Summary Conflict management and mediation are skills that come up frequently as a weak area in many of our social sector organizations. And...

42:38Jul 1, 2024