COVID-19

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed fault lines in global systems — inequality, governance failures, the fragility of interconnected economies and societies. Posts here examine what it revealed, what it accelerated, and what it demands of evaluation, foresight and preparedness.

Jul

Lost in the loss of travelling the world

My life is a tapestry of memories. Woven together to make up the fabric of my life. Like African fabrics,

14 Jul 2020

7 min read

Apr

COVID-19, Part 6. Extraordinary benefits

A dispassionate observer of Planet Earth from far away could well be pleased with this global crisis faced by all

24 Apr 2020

5 min read

Apr

COVID-19, Part 5. COVID-safe, COVID-ready and COVID-informed evaluation

Evaluative practice needs to focus on three interconnected, overlapping priorities if we want to help lead action towards a transformed

22 Apr 2020

6 min read

Apr

COVID-19, Part 4. Accelerating

Do you agree with the following five observations? If so, the time is right for evaluation professionals to align. By

20 Apr 2020

8 min read

Apr

COVID-19, Part 3. Adapting

"We won't get back to normal because normal was the problem." - Graffiti in Santiago, Chile

13 Apr 2020

3 min read

Apr

COVID-19, Part 2. Repositioning

In my view elevator speeches that present evaluation as something done for "learning", "improving", "generating

09 Apr 2020

3 min read

Apr

COVID-19, Part 1. Earth has gone quiet

We are at a transformative moment in the history of humankind and of our planet. During this extraordinary time and

06 Apr 2020

5 min read

Jan

Evaluation shelfies

A while ago Michael Quinn Patton urged us in one of our Young and Emerging Evaluator posts to share the

06 Jan 2019

1 min read