Puji Pujiono is a prominent advocate of humanitarian practice and reform in the Asia-Pacific region. He has reinvented himself after a two decade professional and managerial experience in humanitarian response with the United Nations and intergovernmental disaster management regional cooperation in ASEAN. Recognised as a key driver behind Indonesia’s disaster management law and the ASEAN regional agreement on emergency response, he has made a significant contribution to regional disaster governance. He served as a Sherpa in the Grand Bargain, representing the Network of Empowered Aid Response (NEAR), and led the Asia-Pacific Local Leaders Initiative, as well as chairing the Global Localisation Lab. Locally, he is a Senior Advisor to the Pujiono Centre and a convenor of the Indonesian Development-Humanitarian Alliance. A social worker by profession, Puji is the president of the Indonesian Independent Association of Professional Social Workers and a steering committee member of the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance.
Together, Vicky Watt-Smith (IARAN Communications Officer) and Leonie Le Borgne (IARAN Fellow) discuss the advantages and disadvantages to remote/flexible working. What was the final result? The answer might surprise you...