Conflicted Interests
Shifting outcomes requires shifts in our thinking about what works The science journal Nature recently published a thought piece looking
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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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The Quality Conundrum in Evaluation
One of the central pillars of evaluation is assessing the quality of something, often described as its merit. Along with
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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
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 moreLearning fails in bad systems
Enormous energy is spent on developing strategies to accomplish things with comparatively little paid to the systems that they are
Read moreDecoupling creators from their creations
The world is transformed by creators — the artists, the innovators, the leaders — and their creations are what propel change
Read moreTime. Care. Attention.
A read through a typical management or personal improvement feed will reveal near infinite recommendations for steps you can take
Read moreReflections said, not done
Reflective practice is the cornerstone of developmental evaluation and organizational learning and yet is one of the least discussed
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