The work of Reda Sadki offers a provocative, often counter-intuitive critique of how we learn, lead, and solve complex problems. Here are five surprising insights from his body of work.

Reda Sadki’s writing explores how systems of learning matter when tackling complex challenges across global health, humanitarian aid, and education. Over twelve years of articles on his blog, he has built a cohesive argument for why our current systems of learning are broken and how we might fix them.

Why learner support is the heart of an effective program If you are designing an online or blended program for busy professionals, the single most powerful lever you control is how you support learners.

How can we use the new physics of digital connections to save lives? What is the future of hybrid engagement? The ultimate test of any digital architecture is whether it can deliver results in the real world.

On 18 September 2025, we first announced our new Certificate peer learning programme for gender in emergencies. The first course, a primer on the topic, then launched on 6 October. As of 21 January 2026, the gender community of The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) now reaches 6,592 practitioners.

We cannot teleport physical proximity, but we can replicate its psychological effects in remote teams. This has everything to do with propinquity. If the physical world provided connection by accident, the digital world requires connection by design. The most critical loss in the shift to remote work is “propinquity,” a fancy word for physical nearness.

Why does a video call feel empty compared to a handshake? How does physical absence break the social contract? What happens to trust in remote work? For generations, professional trust relied on a simple, physical toolkit. We shook hands. We looked each other in the eye across a table. We shared coffee during breaks.

Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) is a practical tool designed for humanitarian emergencies that allows aid workers to quickly understand how a crisis affects women, men, boys, and girls differently. Because there is often no time for long, detailed studies when lives are at risk, RGA provides a practical method to gather “good enough” information immediately to […]

The article “A decolonial feminist perspective on gender equality programming in the Global South” provides a critical analysis of how international non-governmental organizations design and execute gender equality programs. The authors, Udenigwe Ogochukwu, Aubel Judi, and Abimbola Seye, argue that many current initiatives adapt to existing systems of oppression rather than dismantling them.

Remarks about implementation science for planetary health by Reda Sadki, Executive Director, The Geneva Learning Foundation at the Centre for Planetary Health’s research corner meeting, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) on December 17, 2025. Pauline Paterson (LSHTM): We are really delighted to welcome Reda Sadki.

For decades, global health policy has approached mental illness primarily as a clinical challenge, a condition to be managed within the walls of hospitals and clinics by medical professionals. This biomedical focus, while essential, has often obscured the broader context in which mental health is shaped.