Bruce Britton

Bruce Britton is an independent consultant and trainer working in the fields of organisational development, organisational learning, capacity building and strategy development. He is also involved in work on child rights and rights-based approaches to development.

Bruce has worked in the fields of social and community development since 1976, first as a social worker then as a community worker and for fourteen years with Save the Children in the UK and South Asia as a project manager, staff development specialist and human resource development adviser. Bruce became an independent consultant in 1998, joined a small support network of UK-based consultants called Framework the following year and has been an INTRAC associate since 1999.

Bruce has worked at head offices and internationally with a range of development, humanitarian and environmental organisations and networks including BOND, Christian Aid, Save the Children (Denmark, Norway and Sweden), UNHCR, WaterAid, CAFOD, The International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, Tearfund, UNDP, WWF (Scotland, UK and International), Scottish Environment LINK and The Swedish Mission Council. His consultancy work includes strategic reviews, particularly focusing on organisational learning, programme and project reviews and organisational strategy development. He co-facilitates the INTRAC short-course on ‘Organisational Development and Change’ and has research interests in learning in organisations and network development.

Bruce has an MBA from Edinburgh University, a postgraduate BPhil in Social Work from Exeter University and a BSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of personnel and Development.

Publications
2005 Organisational Learning in NGOs: Creating the Motive Means and Opportunity, Oxford: INTRAC
2002 Learning for Change, Stockholm: Swedish Mission Council
2001 Strengthening Organisations: North and South, Stockholm: Swedish Mission Council. (with Liz Goold)
1998 The Learning NGO, Oxford: INTRAC
1998 Authored chapters of ‘Non Governmental Organisation Management’ Module for MSc External Programme, Wye College - University of London