The Zoo of Future Risks
Part of a series of thought morsels. This one is fun but also sobering – a look at the colourful menagerie of animal metaphors we use for the risks shaping our future, from black swans to grey rhinos to dragon kings.
Titbits and Snippets
Shorter reflections, observations and provocations on many topics that do not need a full post but are too good not to share. Quick reads with a point.
Snippet: How data visualisation can mislead
We live in an era of 'big data' and 'big information'. We work in an increasingly quantified world devoid of the nuance that qualitative information provides. We also live in an era of 'scanning'. We don't want to read or know detail.
Evaluation shelfies
A while ago Michael Quinn Patton urged us in one of our Young and Emerging Evaluator posts to share the 10 evaluation classics that inspire us most. And now we have the great phenomenon on Twitter - #SHELFIES! That special shelf of books you most often refer to in your work,
Evaluators in Davos
There are no evaluators this week in Davos. We are clearly not among the most powerful in the world. Yet I have always hoped that the very nature of our practice would enable us to contribute significantly and visibly to solving our day to day development challenges, as well as
Global risks
As the powerful gather in Davos this week, it is a good time to reflect on the WEF's excellent Global Risks Report 2018. The report reminds us that as evaluators we have to engage with the larger context within which we attempt to contribute to the wellbeing of