Value and Values

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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When can we claim ‘success’?

** 6 min read ** I have long thought that evaluators don't define 'success' in meaningful ways. Now highly respected economist Matt ...
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Responsibility of intellectuals

The Responsibility of Evaluators

**3 min read** What is the responsibility of evaluators in the era in which we live today? This is one of the ...
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Evaluation as risk management

Evaluators' power and influence are limited. There are several reasons for this situation. One relates to how our craft is framed. We ...
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Titbits

Evaluators in Davos

There are no evaluators this week in Davos. We are clearly not among the most powerful in the world. Yet I have ...
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The DAC criteria, Part 10. Sleepwalking towards irrelevance

**8 min read** We are sleepwalking towards irrelevance. Not because we do not do some worthwhile things. We do. But because those ...
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