No child should die from malaria: Thierno Abdoulaye Baldé’s story
The Geneva Learning Foundation runs peer learning for the people who deliver health care where it is hardest to deliver. Its courses ask participants not for…
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Teach to Reach 17: Share your experience, find new ways to solve your challenges
You are stuck on a problem at work. A colleague in another country has already solved it. How can you connect? Request your invitation to join…
Teach to Reach 16 Replay: Defying distance to learn and lead change, from menopause to malaria
258 health workers. 1,534 real stories. One question: how do we turn the tide against malaria? In Teach to Reach 16, the Geneva Learning Foundation gives…
The Geneva Learning Foundation Scholar Newsletter, issue 6 (6 August 2026)
Dear Scholar, On Thursday 6 August 2026, health professionals will gather for Teach to Reach 16 (what is this?). Leaders from TGLF’s Malaria: Turning the Tide programme…
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3 critical questions for the new Humanitarian Leadership Academy
This morning, I’m looking forward to the London launch event for Save The Children’s Humanitarian Leadership Academy, touted by the Guardian as the “world’s first academy for…
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We live in a “workshop culture”. On the one hand, it is costly and exclusionary. Few can afford to travel, and the organization finds it more…
Emergencies kill learning habits
We recognize that large-scale, complex emergencies have a dramatic impact on many aspects of our work, including what and how we learn. Some may feel, based…
Applicability
Applicability is the brick wall of formal training approaches. Not only do we first have to stop work to attend a training, but once the training is…
Formal learning of the past
Formal learning in the past includes formal education and qualifications obtained. They serve as credentials of value to establish that we know – part of building relationships of…
Faster
We need to learn faster, to deliver results faster. We find ways to accelerate knowledge development. And yet, although we acknowledge the need to focus on task completion, we…
Trust
The strategies we use to anchor and filter rely on building trust in our working relationships. Learning together is grounded in a shared culture of openness…
Focus
“Our challenge lies in focusing our insights. Distraction from what is important is a continual obstacle.” George Siemens (2006:136) How do we stay focused? How do we…
Currency
Knowledge skills are increasingly important due to the pace of change in knowledge. We know that staying current cannot rely solely on formal training. This is…