Entries by Hamish Wilson
The March 2020 Wasafiri Gathering, Nairobi
It’s that time of the year again – time to welcome you to our latest Wasafiri Gathering!
Remembering our friends who lost their lives in the 2019 Dusit attack
all of us at Wasafiri are pausing to remember those who lost their lives in last year’s tragic attack on the Dusit complex in Nairobi
There are no quick fixes – A look at the global risks of 2019
“We are drifting deeper into global problems from which we will struggle to extricate ourselves.” This bleak outlook summarises the World Economic Forum’s recently published Global Risks Report. The scale, complexity and urgency of such challenges is breathtaking.
On the front lines of preventing violent extremism: an interview with Gaëlle Le Pottier
It’s 16 years to the day after the attacks on the twin towers and I’m sat in a chilly Nairobi café eating a limp croissant with Gaëlle Le Pottier and trying to work out what it really takes to provide leadership in the face of one of today’s pre-eminent complex problems – violent extremism.
Peace, conflict & and living with complexity: A story of conflict in pastoralist areas
In this blog we look at complexity – not in theory, not in books, but in messy, live, reality. Hamish Wilson interviewed Jarso Guyo Mokku, a pastoralist leader from Northern Kenya, about his perspectives on the changing dynamics of peace and conflict in the region and the increasing complexity he finds himself living in
Talking complexity and change: An interview with Roshan Paul
As we try and learn how to make change happen in complex systems we are seeking out the stories, experiences and advice of other pioneers (and there are lots of them).
Countering Violent Extremism and the quest for adaptive approaches to change
If there is one thing I’ve learned recently, it’s that violent extremism is a complex problem. Here in the Horn of Africa, a vast number of potential causal factors exist to incite someone to violence and the connections between them are often hard to see. And yet, despite the complexities, we (the international community) often […]
