How can we evaluate well if we are not aware of the often 'single stories' that shape how we view the world and do our work? This aspect of evaluation has been an important focus for me over the years. I am therefore very pleased that the fascinating
A dispassionate observer of Planet Earth from far away could well be pleased with this global crisis faced by all of humanity. The suffering of those hardest hit, in particular those individuals and societies already vulnerable or fragile, makes it hard for us who are part of it to think
Evaluative practice needs to focus on three interconnected, overlapping priorities if we want to help lead action towards a transformed world. I like to call them 'COVID-Safe', 'COVID-Ready' and 'COVID-Informed' Evaluation. COVID-Safe Evaluation: Coping in this emergency Papers, blog posts
Do you agree with the following five observations? If so, the time is right for evaluation professionals to align. By 'align' I do not mean coordination or doing away with healthy competition. I refer to sharing some broad goals as evaluation professionals who wish to contribute to the
"We won't get back to normal because normal was the problem." - Graffiti in Santiago, Chile It is great to see evaluators leaping into action with advice on how to adjust practice to cope with the impact of the coronavirus. This could be a transformative moment also
In my view elevator speeches that present evaluation as something done for "learning", "improving", "generating knowledge" or "being accountable" belong to the past. COVID-19 is part of humanity's footprint on Earth, part of the Anthropocene. It is going to
We are at a transformative moment in the history of humankind and of our planet. During this extraordinary time and beyond, the global evaluation community will have to hone and reposition evaluation, in close alignment with research, as a GPS that can help humanity navigate the complex, uncharted terrain that
As a restoration ecologist who has come to embrace the power of evaluation to better understand systems change, help develop new approaches to intractable problems, generate ongoing adaptations to changing conditions and provide guidance for rapid response under crisis condition I can see how evaluation can help to transform social
What dominates the world we live in today is the highly unsustainable fossil fuels addiction that is inducing upon us natural catastrophes that are abnormally speeding up migration crises, food and water shortages, wildfires, military conflicts and more. Indeed, infinite growth is impossible on a finite planet. The natural and
Can evaluation help enable and support transformative development? We know we need the latter. Yet like sustainability, transformation (or transformative change) and transformative development are these days frequently dismissed as 'buzzwords' (or even worse, as 'fuzzwords'). This is a very big mistake. These are extremely important
