Change Stumbling
Change-making requires accepting some degree of failure. How we deal with our stumbles determines how or whether we succeed. If
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complexity
Complexity in Practice
The global retail phenomenon called ‘Black Friday’ demonstrates true complexity. How what and where we buy shapes how we live.
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What Does Developmental Evaluation Look Like?
Developmental Evaluation is all about using data to support innovation. How does this look in practice (and how’s it done?)
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Tooling Up for Systemic Design & Learning
Innovation work requires a mindset, a skillset, and a toolset. The key is finding the right tools for the job.
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Innovation, Change and The Leopard
Innovation is a misunderstood and often misrepresented concept that can provoke fear, indifference, resentment, confusion, or irrational exuberance. To understand
Read moreDevelopmental Evaluation’s Traps
Developmental evaluation holds promise for product and service designers looking to understand the process, outcomes, and strategies of innovation and
Read moreComplex problems and social learning
Adaptation, evolution, innovation, and growth all require that we gain new knowledge and apply it to our circumstances, or learn.
Read moreA mindset for developmental evaluation
Developmental evaluation requires different ways of thinking about programs, people, contexts and the data that comes from all three. Without
Read moreReframing change
Change is one of the few universal constants as things — people, planet, galaxy — are always in some state
Read moreExploding goals and their myths
Goal-directed language guides much of our social policy, investment and quests for innovation without much thought of what that means
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