Q&A: Per Heggenes on leadership in the shifting humanitarian landscape

CANBERRA — Per Heggenes, CEO at the IKEA Foundation wants the humanitarian sector to think differently about how they engage, operate, and lead.

He also cautioned that the sector needs to respond to the shifting landscape — and looking inward he assessed his own leadership style. Devex caught up with Heggenes at the 2019 Asia Pacific Humanitarian Leadership Conference to discuss this messaging.

Here is the interview, edited for length and clarity.

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