Training
Training – including mentoring – is an integral part of development support, but it can be difficult to demonstrate tangible effective results. A commonly practiced but unsuccessful approach is nicknamed parachute instruction, where a trainer “parachutes” (arrives)...
Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is the systematic process of deciding on future organizational goals, and identifying, selecting, and implementing optimal approaches to achieving these goals, subject to constraints on time, budgets, or other factors. In addition, the selected...
Infrastructure Assessment
Infrastructure is broadly the framework (nodes, linkages, and interactions) that supports the operation of a system as it seeks to achieve a goal or fulfill a task. In the development literature infrastructure often refers to the fixed assets and facilities of a...
Building Sustaining Capacity
The Intersect Insight team has experience planning, building and operating science and technology infrastructure ranging from entire institutions (e.g., the International Chornobyl Center in Slavutych, Ukaine) to specific organizational units focused on sustaining the...
Stakeholder Communication and Involvement
A hallmark of sustainable institutions and enterprises is their ability to effectively identify, communicate with and involve key stakeholders, either individual opinion leaders or organizations. Our team has had responsibility to support clients to meet such...
Strategic Partnering
Our team recognizes that truly sustainable enterprises typically partner with other organizations to mutually enhance their capabilities, market presence, impact, and innovation potential. We have helped to establish strategic partnerships among academic, government,...