A Paradox of scaling up at the UN: Putting yourself out of a job

In fact, neither is your new project — the one you were SO excited about that you worked your butt off, and moved yourself and your (beautiful new) family to the other side of the world, just for the chance to lead. My boss’s attitude put the rain on that parade. And (sigh) rightly so. In international development work, it’s not about the results your project delivers. It’s about finding the change that makes your project — and you — no longer needed. He wanted me to focus from the start on how any results would be sustainable when there was no more project. He wanted me to plan for my demise. <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/a-paradox-of-scaling-up-at-the-un-putting-yourself-out-of-a-job-7b4a9956e3f">Read More</a>