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Goin’ on a Parrot Hunt – Friday Flims # 7

After all that talk of the pesky parrots a couple of weeks ago, here’s Dery trying to do something about it. Catapult (slingshot) in hand, we head to the field. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2clX-5whRM

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If the Rains Rain Well – Friday Flims #6

This week Dery’s going to talk about what he’ll do if the farm does well this year. Set in his beautiful yam farm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPvT89bED2w

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Monkeys and Parrots – Troublesome! – Friday Flims #5

This week Dery talks about some of the troublesome animals you’ll find in Bole district. Monkeys and parrots are some of the worst! I’ll let him explain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCHh6xkaR24 Seriously Troublesome!

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Strategy Sidenote – Who is Our Customer?

This is a quick sidestep that is a bit a segue into my next strategy post. It’s a response to a great comment from Anthony, one of EWB’s staff working in Zambia on my post about our strategy and Customer … Continue reading

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Philip and Winnie Planting Maize – Friday Flims #4

Welcome to another edition of Friday Flims. This week we’ve got Philip and Winnie, Dery’s children, planting maize just behind the compound house. These guys are the experts. Tough work if you’re not accustomed to spending most of the day … Continue reading

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The Impact Model Canvas – Intro and Value Propositions

If you haven’t read my previous post introducing our strategy process, you may want to check out Part 1 and Part 2 before reading this. Today I want to introduce you to one of the frameworks we’re using for articulation … Continue reading

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Customer Development and Our Strategy Process

Welcome to the second post in my series on strategy development for EWB’s public sector agric team. Check out the first post in this series if you haven’t already at http://theborrowedbicycle.ca/2011/03/strategy-development-in-small-meal-sized-chunks/ This post will be an overview of some of … Continue reading

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Lunch on the Farm – Friday Flims #3

Welcome again to Friday Flims! This week we’ve got a short clip of lunch on the farm. Check out Dery, Emelia and I as we eat some tasty boiled yams and groundnut soup after a long morning out in the … Continue reading

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Strategy Development – In Small Meal Sized Chunks

A quick personal update before I get into the meat of this post. As you might know if you’ve been following Erin’s blog there have been some staff changes and rejigging of roles on our team this year, which has … Continue reading

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Harvesting Termites for Chicken Feed – Friday Flims #2

Friday Flims #2 is here! And on a Wednesday! My apologies – apparently there was a small problem on the server where my blog is posted and it’s causing some issues with my pre-scheduled blog posts. So while I thought … Continue reading

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