• Ben Ramalingam on Turning Pressure Into Performance and Crisis Into Creativity

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to Upshift author Ben Ramalingam about how stress might actually be good for us (if we let it).

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    Ben Ramalingam is a researcher and advisor focusing on global development and crisis management. He is the co-founder and former chair of the Humanitarian Innovation Fund and has advised international entities including the United Nations, the World Bank, and national and regional governments. He is the author of Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World and Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity.


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