Disclaimer: I’m friends with Attila, CEEALAR’s new director.
I have been to the EA hotel 2 times before Attila took on the director role.
At my last visit, he had been involved for just three months, and I was really blown away by how much he had transformed the place already, in terms of finding quick fixes for inefficiencies and building their back-end digital (and physical!) infrastructure.
Being an experienced professional, his 10+ years of experience in management in the corporate and non-profit world is exactly what CEEALAR and the broader EA community need.
I know the rest of the managers reasonably well, too, and I’m really impressed by their level of competency, understanding of the EA landscape and of fieldbuilding strategy.
One thing that might be worrisome to individual donors and institutional players is the perceived risks that come with the EA hotel. “Mixing” a coworking and living space can lead to tricky interpersonal dynamics.[1] As far as I know, there has never been a serious issue around this; however, I would also feel really confident in the current team’s ability to handle even very tricky or serious situations.
Altough it’s worth pointing out that these spaces are quite well seperated. For all intents and purposes, they might as well be in different buildings.
Disclaimer: I’m friends with Attila, CEEALAR’s new director.
I have been to the EA hotel 2 times before Attila took on the director role.
At my last visit, he had been involved for just three months, and I was really blown away by how much he had transformed the place already, in terms of finding quick fixes for inefficiencies and building their back-end digital (and physical!) infrastructure.
Being an experienced professional, his 10+ years of experience in management in the corporate and non-profit world is exactly what CEEALAR and the broader EA community need.
I know the rest of the managers reasonably well, too, and I’m really impressed by their level of competency, understanding of the EA landscape and of fieldbuilding strategy.
One thing that might be worrisome to individual donors and institutional players is the perceived risks that come with the EA hotel. “Mixing” a coworking and living space can lead to tricky interpersonal dynamics.[1] As far as I know, there has never been a serious issue around this; however, I would also feel really confident in the current team’s ability to handle even very tricky or serious situations.
Altough it’s worth pointing out that these spaces are quite well seperated. For all intents and purposes, they might as well be in different buildings.