2. Change, transformation and evaluation

COVID-19, Part 3. Adapting

**4 min read** "We won't get back to normal because normal was the problem." - Graffiti in Santiago, Chile It is great ...
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COVID-19, Part 2. Repositioning

In my view elevator speeches that present evaluation as something done for "learning", "improving", "generating knowledge" or "being accountable" belong to the ...
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COVID-19, Part 1. Earth has gone quiet

**6 min read** We are at a transformative moment in the history of humankind and of our planet. During this extraordinary time ...
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Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 3

**6 min read** One thing is certain: the proficiencies and abilities that will help us deal with the world in an era ...
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Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 2

**6 min read** Skill 6. Deep Generalists In order to be a good evaluation professional, it is essential to see connections. We ...
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Change, Transformation and Evaluation

Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 1

**8 min read** "Are modernity's blueprints for evaluation theory and practice exhausted?" Only now and again one finds provocative questions and insights ...
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Learning from China’s Transformation, Part 6. Co-evolution – a ‘first principle’.

Yuen Yuen Ang's study of China's exceptional escape from its poverty trap in just 3-4 decades is significant and useful because it ...
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China’s Transformation, Part 5. Directed improvisation

**8 min read** This series of blog posts highlights lessons from one of the greatest transformative development success stories ever. It is ...
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The E-T Nexus: Connecting Evaluation and Transformation

In this age of intensifying complex and interwoven crises, evaluation professionals increasingly and inevitably have to work in spaces where evaluation and ...
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“No Lines”. For Blue Marble Evaluation.

"Between me and not-me there is surely a line, a clear distinction, or so it seems. But, now that I look, where ...
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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 here. I ...
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Guest Post: Narratives, Stories and Memes

How can we evaluate well if we are not aware of the often 'single stories' that shape how we view the world ...
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Guest Post: Dynamic Evaluation for Societal Transformation

Osvaldo is one of the most knowledgeable professionals I have ever met - a veritable walking encyclopaedia of all matters related to ...
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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 of humanity. ...
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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 world. I ...
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COVID-19, Part 4. Accelerating

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