These are notes from the inside — of leadership, of change, of staying whole in the face of systems that often ask us not to be. The Olive Pages is where care and clarity meet, one reflection at a time.
The Olive Pages
Fieldnotes on care, clarity and staying whole.
Trauma-Informed Organizations: Culture, Systems & the Future of Staff Well-being
Humanitarian organizations don’t become trauma-informed through slogans, policies, or campaigns. They become trauma-informed through how people experience the system…in decisions, communication, change processes, and the way leaders handle the hard moments. This post explores what a trauma-informed organization feels like and why system care, not individual resilience, must shape the future of staff well-being in a sector already carrying so much.
“Trauma-informed systems don’t erase the difficulty of humanitarian work, they simply refuse to become another source of harm.”