Workshop: Drawing from Complexity Science to do Evaluation.

Slides for my AES Workshop: Application of Complexity Science to Evaluation are here. Topics I’ll cover are: Stability and instability in complex systems Talking to stakeholders about complex behavior Thinking in terms of the behavior of complex systems Pattern, predictability and how change happens as general themes. Methodologies we need to evaluate with respect to … Continue reading Workshop: Drawing from Complexity Science to do Evaluation.

What Does Complexity Have to Say About the Learning Organization?

This is the text of a post I recently contributed to Evaltalk, the listserv of the American Evaluation Association. Organizational Learning as Adaptation I see organizational learning in terms of potential for adaptation in a changing environment. Environments can change rapidly or slowly, which makes for two different kinds of adaptive capacity. (I’m a big … Continue reading What Does Complexity Have to Say About the Learning Organization?

How Might Complexity Science Inform the Design and Conduct of Evaluation?

 I’m considering pitching a special  issue to an evaluation journal titled: How Might Complexity Science Inform the Design and Conduct of Evaluation? I have not committed to this project yet, but I do want to get the idea out there. I’m looking for: 1)  critique of this idea, 2) specific topics to cover, 3) friendly … Continue reading How Might Complexity Science Inform the Design and Conduct of Evaluation?

Applying the complexity concept of “sensitive dependence” to understanding how a program works

Jonathan (Jonny) A Morell President, 4.669… Evaluation and Planning jamorell@jamorell.com blog YouTube   This is the first of what I hope will be many posts that show how specific constructs from complexity science can be useful for doing evaluation. There will only be many posts if others contribute. Please do. What complex behavior is this post … Continue reading Applying the complexity concept of “sensitive dependence” to understanding how a program works