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<h1 style="font-size:32px;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 16px;">The Sector Debrief</h1>
<p style="font-size:18px;margin:0 0 8px;">Honest conversations on humanitarian and development work.</p>
<p style="margin:0 0 24px;">A podcast hosted by Ali Al Mokdad, Kim Kucinskas, and Thomas Jepson-Lay. Humanitarian sector practitioners talking openly about political shifts, shrinking budgets, power dynamics, localization, and the future of crisis response.</p>
<h2 style="font-size:20px;margin:24px 0 12px;">Listen on</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheSectorDebrief">YouTube · @TheSectorDebrief</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1igMsRaLcEY9DN64GBDKbW">Spotify</a></li>
<li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1861790994">Apple Podcasts</a></li>
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<h2 style="font-size:20px;margin:24px 0 12px;">Episodes</h2>
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<strong>Ep 8 · Rethinking Risk Management in the Humanitarian and Development Sector</strong> with Sabrina Segal (9 Jun 2026, 55 min)<br/>
Sabrina Segal, Director of The Risk Collaborative, on risk as the effect of uncertainty on objectives rather than a compliance checklist: threats and opportunities, risk sharing instead of risk transfer, and the language of risk as an entry point for localization. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wvagMeDQs">Watch</a>
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<strong>Ep 7 · Donations, Collaboration, and AI in the Room</strong> (27 May 2026, 54 min)<br/>
Ali Al Mokdad's Sunday-door donation story opens into a wider conversation with Kim Kucinskas and Thomas Jepson-Lay on social contract, AI in the workplace, and collaboration as a discipline rather than a slogan. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJAWTb2dPI">Watch</a>
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<strong>Ep 6 · The Sector Is Changing. How Do You Make Sense Of It?</strong> (7 May 2026, 51 min)<br/>
Kim Kucinskas, Ali Al Mokdad, and Thomas Jepson-Lay work through what it means to make sense of a sector in transition. What is civil society for, and why are people no longer experiencing it as a public good? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w_FXEcBzs4">Watch</a>
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<strong>Ep 5 · Who Are You in the Room, Identity vs Positionality, and Leadership in Times of Disruption</strong> with Aisha Tambajang (29 Mar 2026, 52 min)<br/>
Identity and positionality, ancestral responsibility, values-based leadership, and the distinction between "rushing to fix" versus "curiosity to solve." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv47XLE50hw">Watch</a>
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<strong>Ep 4 · The CEO Perspective, Urgent Patience, and Why Idealism Is Not Naivety</strong> with Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro (7 Mar 2026, 58 min)<br/>
The former Secretary General of CARE International on pragmatic optimism, values integrity during crises, and what locally led development truly means beyond terminology. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNM0NWeZ4fA">Watch</a>
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<strong>Ep 3 · Humanitarian Leadership Under Pressure, Identity vs Strategy, and What Comes Next</strong> (7 Feb 2026, 46 min)<br/>
Leadership within pressurised humanitarian systems. Grassroots innovation versus large institutional survival modes. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpnWvOoEio">Watch</a>
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<strong>Ep 2 · What Does Sector Mean, Leadership Tension, and Change</strong> (19 Jan 2026, 49 min)<br/>
What "sector" terminology actually encompasses and whether it still holds relevance. Humanitarian diplomacy, escalating leadership friction, reputational challenges. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVe2TM2z5UI">Watch</a>
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