Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

April 29, 2023 jamorell Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, What do research and theory in complexity and systems tell us about evaluation practice and evaluation theory?, Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

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.

May 20, 2022 jamorell Complex Systems, Programs, and Evaluation, Practical Ways to use Complexity to do Evaluation, Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Complexity in Evaluation: My Latest Thinking on What Matters

Over the years I have written, lectured, and done workshops about how (and when) Evaluation should draw from Complexity Science. Over that time my beliefs have evolved with respect to what aspects of Complexity Science matter, and how evaluation methodologies can be applied to understand program activity and the consequences of program action. This post … Continue reading Complexity in Evaluation: My Latest Thinking on What Matters

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Complex behavior can be evaluated using comfortable, familiar methodologies – Part 4 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 4 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Ignoring complexity can make sense – Part 3 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

Ignoring complexity in program design and evaluation can make sense

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Evaluating for complexity when programs are not designed that way Part 10 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 10 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

August 8, 2019August 11, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

A few very successful programs, or many, connected, somewhat successful programs? Part 9 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 9 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

How can the concept of “attractors” be useful in evaluation? Part 8 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 8 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Why should evaluators care about emergence? Part 7 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 7 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

Joint optimization of unrelated outcomes – Part 6 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 6 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 jamorell Workshop – Complex Behavior in Models, Methodology, and Metrics

A pitch for sparse models – Part 5 of a 10-part series on how complexity can produce better insight on what programs do, and why

This is part 5 of 10 blog posts I’m writing to convey the information that I present in various workshops and lectures that I deliver about complexity. I’m an evaluator so I think in terms of evaluation, but I’m convinced that what I’m saying is equally applicable for planning.