Katri Bertram
@katribertram.bsky.social
Transforming global health and social impact. Private account & views.
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I have worked with Presidents, Ministers and CEOs. Here are five lessons I have learned about successful leaders – or five fails.
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I have worked with Presidents, Ministers and CEOs. Here are five lessons I have learned about successful leaders – or five fails.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I have worked with Presidents, Ministers and CEOs. Here are five lessons I have learned about successful leaders – or five fails.
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I liked this one. Good read for anyone doing #strategy work 👇
Refounding—the process of rediscovering a firm’s essential character—is not always necessary. Some firms are completely right to escape their roots. Others should return to them
When companies lose their way
Refounding is the process of rediscovering a firm’s essential character
econ.st
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I liked this one. Good read for anyone doing #strategy work 👇
2025 ends with a terrifying new turn:
After a phase of dehumanization, we are now entering the phase of
normalization of dehumanization.
#NeverAgainHappening
After a phase of dehumanization, we are now entering the phase of
normalization of dehumanization.
#NeverAgainHappening
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
2025 ends with a terrifying new turn:
After a phase of dehumanization, we are now entering the phase of
normalization of dehumanization.
#NeverAgainHappening
After a phase of dehumanization, we are now entering the phase of
normalization of dehumanization.
#NeverAgainHappening
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No, it REWARDS countries for launching wars and committing atrocity after atrocity.
Paralympics won't ban countries from competing for launching wars after lifting Russia's suspension
Paralympics won't ban countries from competing for launching wars after lifting Russia's suspension
The Paralympics leadership is in dispute with the UK government over Russia's reinstatement to the Games, telling Sky News they will not ban countries from competing for launching wars.
news.sky.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
No, it REWARDS countries for launching wars and committing atrocity after atrocity.
“United we stand. Divided we fall. Divided, the dark age returns. United, we can save and guide the world!” -Churchill, and words I have thought a lot about for our current and increasingly fragmented state of #globalhealth
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“United we stand. Divided we fall. Divided, the dark age returns. United, we can save and guide the world!” -Churchill, and words I have thought a lot about for our current and increasingly fragmented state of #globalhealth
What a beautiful (moving but also fun) @berliner-philharmoniker.de DSO evening yesterday - including this 😭 💔
m.youtube.com/watch?v=inNB... #NinaSimone #CivilRights #Freedom
m.youtube.com/watch?v=inNB... #NinaSimone #CivilRights #Freedom
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
What a beautiful (moving but also fun) @berliner-philharmoniker.de DSO evening yesterday - including this 😭 💔
m.youtube.com/watch?v=inNB... #NinaSimone #CivilRights #Freedom
m.youtube.com/watch?v=inNB... #NinaSimone #CivilRights #Freedom
2025 can not become the new 1933.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Coast Guard Says Swastika and Noose Displays Are No Longer Hate Incidents
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
2025 can not become the new 1933.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
With USAID, WHO and now also World Bank (STC) cuts, has someone estimated how many people lost their jobs / consultancies this past year? Broken down into Global North / Global South?
The cuts are brutal. But with a $1 billion funding gap in 2026, there remain uncertainties ahead.
WHO to lose nearly 2,400 jobs by mid-2026
WHO to lose nearly 2,400 jobs by mid-2026
www.devex.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
With USAID, WHO and now also World Bank (STC) cuts, has someone estimated how many people lost their jobs / consultancies this past year? Broken down into Global North / Global South?
What a week 👇
(I share the discomfort that the “big boys” with the billions and trillions just keep going, scandal after scandal.)
(I share the discomfort that the “big boys” with the billions and trillions just keep going, scandal after scandal.)
Check out this week's IHP news 855: Important days for global health www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/newsletter/ pdf: www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/wp-content/u... (also with French, Portuguese & Spanish translations, & AI summary).
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
What a week 👇
(I share the discomfort that the “big boys” with the billions and trillions just keep going, scandal after scandal.)
(I share the discomfort that the “big boys” with the billions and trillions just keep going, scandal after scandal.)
With nearly 1bn of the 4bn coming from Gates, this is a death knell for the Global Fund and the replenishment model - no matter the PR spin that comes out. To save lives, we need to shift to different financing and modalities. Long overdue. #globalhealth
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
With nearly 1bn of the 4bn coming from Gates, this is a death knell for the Global Fund and the replenishment model - no matter the PR spin that comes out. To save lives, we need to shift to different financing and modalities. Long overdue. #globalhealth
I’ve worked with many teams in my career:
✅ Effective teams
✅ Efficient teams
✅ Driven teams
✅ Smart teams
✅ Fun teams
And truly learned the value of
♥️ Safe space teams.
🙏
✅ Effective teams
✅ Efficient teams
✅ Driven teams
✅ Smart teams
✅ Fun teams
And truly learned the value of
♥️ Safe space teams.
🙏
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve worked with many teams in my career:
✅ Effective teams
✅ Efficient teams
✅ Driven teams
✅ Smart teams
✅ Fun teams
And truly learned the value of
♥️ Safe space teams.
🙏
✅ Effective teams
✅ Efficient teams
✅ Driven teams
✅ Smart teams
✅ Fun teams
And truly learned the value of
♥️ Safe space teams.
🙏
Good luck getting the work done. STCs in my time at the Bank were what kept most processes and business going....
Short-term consultants make up roughly 25% of the World Bank' workforce, and the bank said it has become overly reliant on that "contingent workforce."
World Bank staff alarmed by plan to phase out short-term consultants
World Bank staff alarmed by plan to phase out short-term consultants
www.devex.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good luck getting the work done. STCs in my time at the Bank were what kept most processes and business going....
In 2022, I published a personal global health manifesto. One of my commitments was to work on a "whole person". So why am I convinced that eye health matters? Next (personal) blog:
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What I have learned about eyes
In 2022, I published a personal global health manifesto. One of my commitments was to work on a “whole person”. So why am I convinced that eye health matters?
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November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In 2022, I published a personal global health manifesto. One of my commitments was to work on a "whole person". So why am I convinced that eye health matters? Next (personal) blog:
katribertram.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/w...
katribertram.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/w...
What makes work special? No-brainer: It's the people!
In leadership we focus on vision, strategy, fighting daily challenges. We often forget what really counts. (A summer photo of our lovely Vienna staff, not a foggy cold one from last week.) @light-for-the-world.org @lichtfuerdiewelt.bsky.social
In leadership we focus on vision, strategy, fighting daily challenges. We often forget what really counts. (A summer photo of our lovely Vienna staff, not a foggy cold one from last week.) @light-for-the-world.org @lichtfuerdiewelt.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What makes work special? No-brainer: It's the people!
In leadership we focus on vision, strategy, fighting daily challenges. We often forget what really counts. (A summer photo of our lovely Vienna staff, not a foggy cold one from last week.) @light-for-the-world.org @lichtfuerdiewelt.bsky.social
In leadership we focus on vision, strategy, fighting daily challenges. We often forget what really counts. (A summer photo of our lovely Vienna staff, not a foggy cold one from last week.) @light-for-the-world.org @lichtfuerdiewelt.bsky.social
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The story hiding in plain view: a generation of America’s political and corporate elite - including the current president - were best buddies with Jeffrey Epstein for one and only one reason. If there is justice, many powerful people will fall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The story hiding in plain view: a generation of America’s political and corporate elite - including the current president - were best buddies with Jeffrey Epstein for one and only one reason. If there is justice, many powerful people will fall
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Vienna ♥️ (The city I was born in and partly grew up in.)
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Vienna ♥️ (The city I was born in and partly grew up in.)
Should people like myself feel guilty about criticizing the aid sector and tied advocacy funding? Thoughts on whether a vanishing aid sector is better than a broken one. And whether no advocacy funding is better than tied funding.
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Is broken better than…gone?
The aid sector may not be dead yet, but it is on life support. Don’t kill it or hand everything over to China!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Should people like myself feel guilty about criticizing the aid sector and tied advocacy funding? Thoughts on whether a vanishing aid sector is better than a broken one. And whether no advocacy funding is better than tied funding.
katribertram.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/i...
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Can’t believe I grew up with
-democracies with functioning checks & balances
-free press and civil society
-human rights that were upheld.
A different era.
-democracies with functioning checks & balances
-free press and civil society
-human rights that were upheld.
A different era.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Can’t believe I grew up with
-democracies with functioning checks & balances
-free press and civil society
-human rights that were upheld.
A different era.
-democracies with functioning checks & balances
-free press and civil society
-human rights that were upheld.
A different era.
Snap. Snap. Snap.
The 2025 soundtrack of spines snapping as more people bend backwards to power.
What happened to integrity?
The 2025 soundtrack of spines snapping as more people bend backwards to power.
What happened to integrity?
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Snap. Snap. Snap.
The 2025 soundtrack of spines snapping as more people bend backwards to power.
What happened to integrity?
The 2025 soundtrack of spines snapping as more people bend backwards to power.
What happened to integrity?
“all industries are united in their effort to appear less harmful” #health #globalhealth
EU’s ‘sin industries’ go to war over taxes
EU’s ‘sin industries’ go to war over taxes
Behind the scenes, alcohol, tobacco, and food lobbies vie to shape who pays more under EU health tax plans
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“all industries are united in their effort to appear less harmful” #health #globalhealth
#UHC is at the heart of the US governmen’s now 6-week shutdown. Worth a read, as more Republicans and their constituents call for Trump to back down.
At the heart of the impasse is a debate about expiring subsidies for health insurance. It's the latest chapter in a fight over Obamacare that has dominated Congress since the law was signed in 2010.
How an enduring debate over health care sparked a now record-long shutdown
At the heart of the impasse is a debate about expiring subsidies for health insurance. It's the latest chapter in a fight over Obamacare that has dominated Congress since the law was signed in 2010.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#UHC is at the heart of the US governmen’s now 6-week shutdown. Worth a read, as more Republicans and their constituents call for Trump to back down.
2025 is a gift of memoirs (to myself). Just finishing Arundhati Roy and next up… 🤩 📚
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
2025 is a gift of memoirs (to myself). Just finishing Arundhati Roy and next up… 🤩 📚
Too many parallel summits (social, climate, G20), too little action.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Too many parallel summits (social, climate, G20), too little action.
Always lovely to be back in London. Photos of beautiful pubs are more interesting than meeting photos. 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Always lovely to be back in London. Photos of beautiful pubs are more interesting than meeting photos. 🤩