Hi Tim, Thank you for your contribution. good to have some discussion. I am also glad that you defend our experienced colleagues. I have indeed used them to start a discussion.

But I don't think that my reasoning contradicts the statements you make: experience is a good thing and ' old donor farts' are most of the time young at heart and innovative, inspiring people. I have worked with the same kind of experienced colleagues. And altough it doesn't sound like it, I to respect these people.

I am simply arguing that the development world does not obtain any quality work by ' only' (re)investing in 'experienced people'. These experienced people make mistakes to. Accepted mistakes. Harmful mistakes that are often only questioned by talented people who are new in the business...

Wouldn't you agree that a mix of talent and experience is much better?

I ask this question because management of most Dutch organization do not agree to this idea. This is not only insulting towards young people that have studied hard to get a masters in development studies. It is not about them, they should indeed have patience. But to me, it is mostly insulting to our beneficiaries, stakeholders, donors and the constituency of dev. organizations in general. It is mismanagement.