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Podcast: Life Beyond The Numbers
Episode: #15 Doing Simple Things Consistently - Marcus Thompson
Description: "Listen, question your assumptions and start with thinking the best of people." Marcus Thompson. Â
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Marcus worked with Oxfam in many roles including emergency and humanitarian response. Marcus speaks about deploying to Cambodia in 1979 and being in Ethiopia in 1984. We discuss the individual traits best suited to those who respond to emergencies as well as the need for accountants on emergency response teams. Marcus shares his view on what is needed to connect with people, whatever the context, and what good management looks like. He also fondly recalls his time in India, at 18, as a VSO voluntee...