In Haifaa Al-Mansour’s film ‘Wadjda’, a girl is obsessed with riding a bike The freelancer’s life is an odd one. I sit at my desk and look at the golds, reds and browns outside my ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leadership and performance management. Empowerment transcends its status as a buzzword—it is the bedrock of ...

Power may be an ‘essentially contested concept’ for academics, as Steven Lukes put it, but it is also endlessly contested in practice. Today’s news is bursting with examples of power being abused, ...

“Empowerment” has come to be regarded by many mainstream development agencies as a destination that can be reached through the development equivalent of a motorway: fast-track programmes which can be ...