How to respond to a former rebel general that you don’t necessarily need his ‘protection’ for your survey and help in ‘sensitizing’ the communities.
Things ended much better than anticipated. No money changed hands. No favors are expected. And everybody walked away all smiles.
I think my three years training as a smooth-talking management consultant finally paid off.
Wait, so what did you do?? Or do they not teach this on blogs either?
Ha-ha! Similarly here in Burundi! How to finesse one’s way here-and-there through rebel-controlled collines… doable, but not taught/discussed in grad school!