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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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
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The Mindset for Design-Driven Evaluation
What distinguishes design-driven evaluation from other types of utilization-focused evaluation or innovation development is that it views the evaluative act
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Developmental Evaluation is not for you
Developmental evaluation is a powerful tool to support innovation, engaging communities, and foster deep learning. While it might be growing
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The Developmental Psychology of Organizations
Every living thing has a journey that starts somewhere and ends eventually. Our ability to see this, understand it, and
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Learning: The Innovators’ Guaranteed Outcome
Innovation involves bringing something new into the world and that often means a lot of uncertainty with respect to outcomes.
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Meaning and metrics for innovation
Metrics are at the heart of evaluation of impact and value in products and services although they are rarely straightforward.
Read moreHow 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
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 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
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