Seasons and the Sun: Seeing and Experiencing Change
Thinking in ‘seasons’ allows us to see systems at play that are disguised in the every day. To every thing
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Causal Looks: Foresight Fundamentals
It’s been said the best way to predict the future is to create it: foresight is way to help us
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Seeing the Unknown
We prepare for what we know and see. To address the challenges of the future, we need to imagine things
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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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Getting Out of Our Heads
Too much change psychology focuses on the way we think. Sometimes creating change requires we get out of our heads.
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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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Strategy: Myths, fantasies, and reality
A defining feature of sustained excellence in any enterprise is a good strategy — a vision and plan linked to
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
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
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