An audio recording of the article, 'When ambition exceeds ability', where a social entrepreneur talks about how he and his co-founder lost out on the project of their dreams, because they were trying to do everything all at once. 

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

When ambition exceeds ability

IDR Shorts | Episode 1

An audio recording of the article 'Learning to be a better, braver leader', in which an uncompromising leader learns about the importance of compassion and listening, the hard way.

This piece is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders share their failures and the lessons learnt.

Learning to be a better, braver leader

An audio recording of the article, 'A crisis among co-founders', which tells the tale of growing incompatibility with a co-founder that caused the author - a social entrepreneur - to step away from their organisation. 

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

A crisis among co-founders

An audio recording of the article, 'No right time for hard decisions', which tells the tale of the author—a nonprofit co-founder—who gets caught in an unhealthy power dynamic with a funding partner.

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

No right time for hard decisions

An audio recording of the article, 'To bribe or not to bribe?', which tells the tale of the author—a social entrepreneur—who takes a decision and finds his life turned upside down.

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

To bribe or not to bribe?

An audio recording of the article, 'When failure is part of the feminist process', which tells the tale of a head of a media house who struggles to make new meaning of the values her organisation stands for, in the midst of difficult changes.

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

When failure is part of the feminist process

An audio recording of the article, 'Mixing the personal and professional', which tells the tale of a social entrepreneur who realises why it is not enough to build a business relationship on trust alone. 

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

Mixing the personal and professional

An audio recording of the article, 'Failure can look like success', which tells the tale of a social sector entrepreneur for whom work became the only measure of self worth.

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

Failure can look like success

An audio recording of the article, 'Let’s talk about burnout', where a nonprofit leader speaks about her experiences with burnout and emphasises the importance of cultivating well-being practices.

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

Let’s talk about burnout

An audio recording of the article, 'Unrealistic expectations and self-doubt', where early failures in a social entrepreneur’s journey lead him to question everything, including his self worth.

This article is part of a special series, Failure Files, by India Development Review and Acumen Academy, where social change leaders discuss their failures and the lessons learnt.

Unrealistic expectations and self-doubt

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