It’s super easy to create digital content now, but that means we’re drowning in low-quality stuff. Everyone’s glued to their devices, scanning boring, formulaic articles. There’s way too much generic content out there, leaving us feeling overwhelmed and disconnected. We need originality to think and engage meaningfully, or we’ll just keep swiping.
Are We Producing Ourselves Into Oblivion? Read More »
Our dependence on digital navigation tools like satnav maps may disconnect us from the broader landscape. Human-centered design, though important, falls short in addressing complex systemic issues. Embracing a shift towards design for living systems may offer better solutions. Relying solely on digital technology may lead to a loss of context and agency, demanding a redesign of design itself.
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Perspective-taking is the intentional act of changing the frame in which you view things. We can design for it and, if we’re fortunate, we can these perspectives to design us. It’s midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere, and it is often a time when things slow down, which allows me to gain a different perspective on
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What happens when evidence is everywhere and available to everyone? If we all have the same guides to the same destinations, what does that mean for where we are going and is it where we want to go? In this latest article in my series looking at evidence in 2024, I look at what it
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Artificial intelligence’s widespread use and data generation pose challenges for evidence, as creators may not fully understand its processes. Trust issues arise due to AI’s opaque nature and embedded biases, impacting decision-making. The reliability, reproducibility, and validity of AI-generated evidence are compromised. To mitigate these issues, transparent, reliable, and valid AI models must be developed, but widespread adoption and verification remain uncertain.
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Evidence is the way we tell truth from mere belief and, when used responsibly, can positively shape our world while limiting the harms we do through our actions. There has never been more data to inform our evidence generation work, yet this abundance has brought with it new challenges that we don’t have the means
Evidence in Context: The State of Things in 2024 Read More »
When we recognize the diversity in our nervous systems, the problems with most organizational planning models become more evident, and we can start designing them for humans, not ideas. If you work with more than one other person — and how many of us don’t? — you encounter diversity. When we design systems to improve
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Impact is the ultimate outcome for any social change initiative yet it’s also the most elusive and poorly defined of our evaluation metrics in practice. How do we change this? In this first post in a series, I bring us into the world of understanding impact. Non-profits are in the business of making a positive
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A modern, global culture supported by technology has disconnected us from the rhythms of the natural world. The winter solstice reminds us of them. I’m writing this in that liminal space of the calendar between Christmas and New Years. It’s just after the winter solstice when things are the darkest in my part of the
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Welcome to the Censemaking Methods Series where today we look at how to apply principles to guiding evaluation and strategy. This builds on our previous lessons on Principles-Focused Evaluation and the building blocks that underpin the approach. What are principles and why do they matter? Principles are anchors between values and strategy that allow for decision-making
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