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Lea Simpson

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Founder
Lisbon, London and a few places in-between

Lea is one of Brink’s two co-founders and Director of a number of our programmes and funds. It’s her job to make sure that teams have what they need to deliver impact. From making sure our strategies are sound, to being the team’s champion as we work through the good bad and ugly together.

Lea has over 20 years experience working from Silicon Valley to Kathmandu on all things tech, innovation and supporting organisations and governments to get fit for the future. She has a degree in psychology and is a trained coach in a number of disciplines. Most of Lea’s experience is in the real world and comes from leading teams, raising capital, running funds and making hard things happen.

“When you say yes to this, what do you have to say no to?” - someone asked Lea during coach training in 2015. This question about her last job changed her life. It was obvious that she had to pack in her VC-backed, digital transformation consultancy and do what she’d been advising her big corporate clients to do: pivot. Without knowing what would come next, Lea took a leap into redirecting her time and talent into something that made a positive contribution to the world and its most wicked challenges. Brink is that thing.

Questions
Lea
is exploring in their work right now:
  • As Brink grows, how do we create the kind of context that makes it possible for every Brinkster to be their best and deliver career-defining work in their time with us?
  • What is the role of technology in easing the global learning crisis?
  • What is the role of frontier tech and aid money to solve big global challenges?
From
Lea Simpson
What we know to be true - A message from Brink's founders
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Lea Simpson

What we know to be true - A message from Brink's founders

The psychology of next-century grantmaking 
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Lea Simpson

The psychology of next-century grantmaking 

We're building a lodge  (and we need your help to name it)
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Lea Simpson

We're building a lodge (and we need your help to name it)

Brink Foundation Announces Partnership with USAID to Boost Implementation Research in Global Education
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Lea Simpson

Brink Foundation Announces Partnership with USAID to Boost Implementation Research in Global Education

Why complex global problems need ‘adaptive bureaucracies’ (and why that’s not an oxymoron)
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Lea Simpson

Why complex global problems need ‘adaptive bureaucracies’ (and why that’s not an oxymoron)

To create anything, first build a team
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Lea Simpson

To create anything, first build a team

Hear this: why innovators need to be better listeners.
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Lea Simpson

Hear this: why innovators need to be better listeners.

I disagree: the dangerous business of sharing ideas and giving feedback
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Lea Simpson

I disagree: the dangerous business of sharing ideas and giving feedback

15 things Brinksters do to make better teams
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Lea Simpson

15 things Brinksters do to make better teams

Building Brink: 30 times we swiped left on accepted wisdom
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Lea Simpson

Building Brink: 30 times we swiped left on accepted wisdom

Field notes from COP26  —  how to fund ‘Innovation for All’
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Lea Simpson

Field notes from COP26  —  how to fund ‘Innovation for All’

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