Mission-oriented Evaluation
**8 min read** We need Mission Thinking, Moonshot Thinking, and Mission-Oriented Evaluation if we are to ensure evaluation is fit for purpose for this era. The thought occurred to me as I was reading the latest book by …
Future
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 defined by the Anthropocene, the SDGs and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are quite different from those …
Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 2
**6 min read** Do we as evaluation professionals need a dramatic shift in our thinking about evaluation competencies if we are to contribute powerfully to the changes the world needs now? Where do we start to think about …
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 during an evaluation conference keynote. A keynote that is Innovative. Thought-provoking. Visionary. In 2018, renowned evaluation …
Towards Transformation, 3. A grand narrative for evaluation in this era
**5 min read** In its very essence, the concept of evaluation is beautiful, I argued long ago in one of my first blog posts. Evaluation is also in principle powerful, more so than scientific research. Just like science, …
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This idea must die!
My last two blog posts addressed the issue of Grand Challenges in evaluation. A complementary idea: A type of ‘Grand Challenge’ for the profession (or perhaps rather, a smallish yet Important Challenge) is to make sure that outdated …
An evaluation agenda for our time
We are all somehow aware that we are on the cusp of dramatic change in society. A series of revolutionary technology-driven changes are set to have a very fundamental effect on how we live, work, relax and relate …