Humour
November 27, 2023

Social sector animals

If your CEO was an animal, what animal would they be?
2 min read

If you’ve been part of a team icebreaker, chances are someone has asked you, “If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?”

Well, we took that common game and decided to assign animals to people we come across in the social sector—David Attenborough style.

1. CEO of a social enterprise

a bird with bright red and yellow plumage--nonprofit humour

2. Head of a CSR foundation

3. Comms personnel

4. Bureaucrats

5. Everyone on the conference circuit

6. Community resource person

7. Researcher

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Cincy Jose
Cincy Jose works at IDR as editor – content and also manages its translation workstream. Prior to this she spent seven years in the publishing industry as senior copy editor at Juggernaut Books and editor at DK Books India. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in English literature from Miranda House and Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.
Saloni Meghani
Saloni Meghani is an editorial consultant at IDR. She has been a journalist, editor, and writer for more than 25 years. She has worked with organisations such as The Telegraph, The Times of India, Mumbai Mirror, Netscribes, the Tata Group, ICICI, and NYU. Saloni has a master’s in literature from the University of Mumbai and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University.
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