Polycrisis

Arendalsuka: Democracy in 2,000 sessions, 180 venues, 5 days, 190,000 participants …

  Imagine a beautiful Norwegian coastal town where, over five days, more than 2,000 discussions, debates and cultural sessions cram 180 venues ...
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Guest Post: Principles for Transforming Economics

This is a very important guest post by three eminent transformation specialists whom I greatly appreciate as people and as professionals - ...
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Evaluation’s Journey towards the Future, Part 7. A Collective Navigation System for this time of Polycrisis

In this second last post in this series I, like others, argue that it is not enough that the field evaluation simply ...
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Evaluation’s Journey towards the Future, Part 6. Evaluating yesterday’s world for tomorrow’s challenges?

  * Why are we still evaluating yesterday's world to plan for tomorrow's challenges? Evaluation after evaluation that land on my desk ...
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Evaluation’s Journey towards the Future, Part 5. The Liminal space of Not-Yet Futures

 Mention 'polycrisis', and people's eyes glaze over - intimidated by its complexity and a sense of powerlessness. What if, instead, we consider ...
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Evaluation’s Journey towards the future, Part 1: Ancient tributaries

As we chart the future, the earliest beginnings of evaluation will continue to shape the field. This is something we need to ...
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Eight Reasons for Hope and Optimism. And why we need to seize this moment.

Despite Trump's bulldozing of the world, and the vulnerabilities, uncertainties and trauma affecting many societies, this time of polycrisis is also a ...
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Seven Reasons for Outrage. And why anger is not the answer.

  In our hyperconnected world it is hard to escape bad news. It is easy to get distressed or angry, yet we ...
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