Amplification and Impact
Transformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is
Read moreTransformations are easier to understand retrospectively, not in real time. New technologies are about to upend that, forever. It is
Read moreInnovation requires learning to design for the changes around us. This involves not treating moving things as if they’re still.
Read moreIn Orwell’s classic Animal Farm the characters often oscillate between their evaluative assessments on the merits of two or four
Read moreDevelopmental evaluation is an approach to evaluating programs that takes account of complexity and changing conditions, supports innovation, and serves
Read moreThinking developmentally means attenuating oneself to nuance, punctuated learning, ongoing feedback, and inconsistent behaviour. I don’t blame people for wanting to impose a simple cause-and-effect narrative on the world, but doing so doesn’t mean its useful. As I’ve argued elsewhere, unless we consider changing our thinking we may continue to spend time devising ways to do what systems thinker and management leader Russell Ackoff called “the wrong things, righter”.
Read moreHigher education strives to prepare learners to meet the scientific and technical demands of a changing world, yet does so in a manner that seems antithetical to change. What gives? I explore this in a little further with insights from complexity science.
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