Design For Principles
In this final installment on Principles Focused Evaluation, we look at how to connect our data with our designs. If
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Principles in Action
Principled or values-driven approaches to strategy only have value when we can put them into practice. In this latest post
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Putting Principles in Practice
A good principle can be a source of inspiration and guidance for action and accountability if we know how to develop it.
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Systems and Evaluative Thinking
Systems and evaluative thinking are at the core of Principles-Focused Evaluation, and using both can help us think and act better.
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Systems and Complexity: Implications for Evaluation
This second in a series on Principles-Focused Evaluation (PFE) draws our attention to the concepts of systems and complexity and
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Principles-Focused Evaluation: A Series Introduction
What is a Principles-Focused Evaluation approach, and what does it offer those seeking to support change, adaptation, and innovation? This
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The Fear and Folly of Data
Data-driven strategy and decision-making are only as good as the processes we have to gather, synthesize and use to inform
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Development vs Growth
The climate crisis enveloping us right now is providing a teachable moment to explore the difference between development and growth.
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Models, Frameworks, and Theories (Oh, My!)
Models, frameworks and theories are meant to guide what we do, yet they can also obscure what needs doing. The
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Design-Driven Evaluation and System Change
Our designs drive systems change as much as anything and feedback drives good design. Feedback comes from evaluation so it
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