Available at: agilemanifesto.org/ ‘We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following… Read More
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Doing Development Differently means Doing Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Differently too
Recently, we attended a two-day workshop on ‘Implementing the New Development Agenda: Doing Development Differently (DDD), Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) and Problem Driven Iterative Adaption (PDIA).’ The event was co-organised by the Knowledge Sector Initiative, the KOMPAK programme, and The World Bank in Indonesia… Read More
Learning about learning in an adaptive programme
I am re-posting here the blog published last week by Better Evaluation where Fred Carden and I discuss about learning in an adaptive programme. Better Evaluation has started a conversation to answer questions such as: How relevant are these ideas for our work? How different is learning in an adaptive programme… Read More
Think tank management: an oxymoron?
Thank you to Jim Della-Giacoma for tweeting the link to the blog I wrote last week, think tanks underinvest in management, and for putting the question as to whether think tanks and management is an oxymoron. Are the words think tank and management contradicting each other when put side by side in the… Read More
Do Think Tanks Underinvest in Management? A Conversation with Raymond Struyk
I met with Raymond Struyk at the KSI office some time ago to discuss about think tank and management. I have written a blog about our conversation and linked to a video now available at the KSI website. ‘It’s not often that you get one… Read More