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Stacey Young - Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer at USAID

Sep 23, 2020

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Stacey Young, Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer at USAID, discusses her role in transforming USAID into a more effective learning organization. She shares her career journey, the importance of leveraging past knowledge in KM, and the excitement surrounding KM amid new technologies and the pandemic. The podcast also covers measuring success in knowledge management, team size and structure, and working with implementing partners.

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The role of the Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer at USAID is to make the organization more effective at fostering countries on their journey to self-reliance through knowledge management and organizational learning practices.

Investing in knowledge management is essential for USAID to effectively manage their dispersed work in various contexts and sectors, leading to a culture of dynamic knowledge management practices and driving further investment in this area.

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The Role of Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer

Stacey Young explains her role as the Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer for USAID. The position was established to make the agency more effective at fostering countries on their journey to self-reliance. The role focuses on making the organization a more effective learning organization and involves knowledge management and organizational learning practices.

Introduction

2min

Career Path and Experience in Knowledge Management

13min

Leveraging Past Knowledge and the Excitement Surrounding KM

6min

Measuring Success in Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning

3min

Team size, hiring criteria, and working with implementing partners

3min

In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Stacey Young, Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer at US Agency for International Development.

Stacey Young, PhD became USAID’s first Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer in November 2019, leading Agency-wide knowledge and learning approaches. Dr. Young also co-chairs the Multi-Donor Learning Partnership of nine major donor organizations working to advance organizational learning and knowledge management in international development.
From 2011-2019, she served as Senior Learning Advisor for USAID's Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning. Through her vision and leadership, USAID developed a holistic approach to Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) that is integrated across USAID’s country programs.

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