Is the charity sector a place for true disruption and can embracing failure help tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues? What is the difference between organisations which learn from failure and those which don’t?
Permission to fail shines a light on setting crazy ambitions, failing and rising from the ashes, to then succeeding. It tells the story of SolarAid, an organisation which succeeded, then failed, to succeeding again by bringing 12 million people clean, safe renewable light.
About SolarAid
SolarAid is an international charity founded in 2006 to combat poverty and climate...
In this last episode of Permission to Fail we ask ourselves - what now? Over the past five episodes we’ve been on a journey together, exploring the topic of failure and learning. We’ve listened to anecdotes from the people who have been there from the start, explored stories of both difficult...
Published 05/16/24
What can failure, learning and success look like when designing a new programme? Do we, as development organisations recognise the domino effects that our well meaning interventions can have on rural communities and the environment? And when recognising these, how can we turn them into...
Published 11/14/23