The Learning Consultancy
“Investing in capacity lifts the limits on impact”
– Evariste Ndikumana
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. Maybe many of us won’t be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.”
– Arundhati Roy
An Innovation
The African continent and Changemaker leaders hold massive untapped potential for a profound kind of leadership, agency, and social change.
An innovative pilot called The Learning Consultancy, designed with this recognition, is a capacity building process with Changemakers which includes exploring, listening, mutual learning, and deepening cross- cultural understanding.
While many organizations tend to focus primarily on their particular intersection with a partner’s project, The Learning Consultancy provides African Road with a new thought partnership. This innovation in partnership elevates and advances African leadership and wisdom, sparking exponential impact for their communities and for the world.
Supercharging Great Leaders
Redistribution of Power
Strong, Agile Futures
Vibrant Sustainability
African Changemakers and Design team
David Clemy
Uganda
Evariste Ndikumana
Burundi
Consoler Wilbert
Tanzania
Eliya Wilbert
Tanzania
Steven Turikunkiko
Rwanda
Philbert Kalisa
Rwanda
Peninah Mukashema
Rwanda
Jen Lemen
Architect and Co-creator of The Learning Consultancy
Onsite Facilitator of The Learning Consultancy in East Africa
Communication Bridge from Changemakers to African Road
A seasoned entrepreneur, consultant, online educator, communication strategist and savvy cross-cultural bridge builder, Jen brings customized learning for unconventional learners via the EDGE Learning Model* in her role as on-the-ground facilitator of The Learning Consultancy with African Road.
Through onsite visits to the Changemakers work in East Africa, one-to-one mentoring and deep dive retreats, Jen works collaboratively with the Changemakers to identify cultural gaps that can be closed, next steps that can be taken to supercharge and accelerate progress along with exactly what kind of organizational development work is needed for each Changemaker to achieve their goals through customized capacity and skill building.
Jen is working closely with each Changemaker and with Kelly Bean and Portia Manjengwa to map out long term vision. At the same time she is also identifying how the personalized wisdom and intellectual property of each Changemaker can be operationalized according to each Changemaker’s unique vision. This includes opening up new avenues of revenue and support.
Advisors and Collaborators
Kelly Bean
Co-creator of The Learning Consultancy
Founder of African Road
Organizational Liaison between Jen’s learnings in the TLC and African Road
Staging, pacing and integration leadership
Kelly brings her extensive twenty year knowledge of the region along with her unparalleled relational history with each Changemaker to bridge the connection between Jen’s findings and their application to the everyday operations of African Road.
Kelly also provides principal leadership and direction to Portia and Sean in the practical implementation and communication of findings as they are translated into next steps and finite plans.
Portia Manjengwa
Liaison between African Road’s application of The Learning Consultancy findings
Changemaker ongoing relations
Logistical and Cultural Support
Portia brings her lifetime of experience of working cross-culturally between continents to The Learning Consultancy.
Sean Callaghan
Next Step Business Development
Onsite Project Manager
Sean follows up by translating findings into actionable, documentable project plans that can be used to track new and existing projects, create timetables and communicate Changemaker dreams to donors and potential grantors.
Originally from South Africa, Sean has three decades of project management on the continent to bring to The Learning Consultancy.
*Designed by Jen Lemen in 2014, the EDGE Learning Model helps learners identify and articulate their unique bodies of work that have emerged from field-tested practice, long-term consistency and continuous input from the communities they serve.