Design for Chaos
Massive change often prompts fear, confusion, and a sense of chaos. How we manage and mitigate this is all about
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developmental design
Here to There: Navigating Through the Unknown
VIsionary evaluation is about putting data to our principles and actions and seeing where we’ve come from and where we’re going at the same time. This article explores what it is and what we need to do.
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Amplification and Impact
Transformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is
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Big Changes Through Small Actions
Our consumption habits will kill our planet if we let it. Small actions, done often, can change our future course.
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Evolutionary Innovation: How We Transform
Innovation is often portrayed as dramatic, disruptive processes and outcomes. That perception might be keeping us from making real transformations.
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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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An Organizing Framework for Innovation
Innovation requires the right organizing, not just skill and vision. This article explores what that means in practice.
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Riding the waves of resilience
Big shakeups happen in work, life, and the economy regularly. Navigating these waves of change well requires forethought and foresight.
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Transformation and Innovation
Innovation can involve small adjustments or great transformations. Social media provides a case study for understanding why ongoing monitoring and
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How do we sit with time?
Organizational transformation efforts from culture change to developmental evaluation all depend on one ingredient that is rarely discussed: time. How
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