Polycrisis

We live in an era of converging, interacting crises, creating megatrends, trends and weak to strong signals related to climate, conflict, inequality, shifts in power, breakdown of the old international order, and more. These posts explore what the polycrisis means for evaluation FOR, OF, AS and IN transformation; how the field must respond; and what ‘fit for purpose’ looks like during this polycrisis era. A Global South lens infuses the posts.

Sep

Guest post: Getting ready for transformational projects

I connected with Daniel in 2019 when I was given access to a draft of the GIZ paper he discusses

29 Sep 2020

6 min read

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

Jun

Guest Post: Narratives, Stories and Memes

How can we evaluate well if we are not aware of the often 'single stories' that shape how

13 Jun 2020

5 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

Dec

Glenn Page's Top YEE Tips: Ecological stewardship in evaluation

As a restoration ecologist who has come to embrace the power of evaluation to better understand systems change, help develop

10 Dec 2018

5 min read