Today’s inspiration comes from IDEO.org’s designkit. It’s one of 7 mindsets that lie at the core of their human-centered design process. You can also hear it spoken in context by Krista Donaldson in a short video on the designkit site. Here’s the quote: You’re taking risk out of the process by making something simple first. […]
What Ann K Emery really thinks about clustered bar charts.
Today’s illustration was inspired by Ann K Emery’s blog post on six alternatives to the clustered bar chart. We can all agree that 3-d exploding pie charts are pretty rotten. My vote for worst chart? The clustered bar chart. I see clustered bar charts everywhere. E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E. On pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of […]
ODI shares 10 things to know about evaluation, number 5 is on failures.
Today’s illustration was inspired by an infographic created by the Overseas Development Institute. 5. ‘Failures” are important. Evaluation is sometimes driven by desire to show that a project was successful or worthwhile. Yet evaluations will almost always show mixed results. Understanding and sharing what doesn’t work is just as important as what does.
How Thomas Archibald thinks we can create an intentional Evaluative Thinking learning environment.
Today’s illustration inspired by one part of Tom Archibald’s blog post on Fostering Evaluative Thinking. Create an intentional ET learning environment Display logic models or other theory of change diagrams in the workplace—in meeting rooms, within newsletters, etc. Create public spaces to record and display questions and assumptions. Post inspirational questions, such as, “How do we […]
The difference between the wink and the blink
Today’s cartoon inspired by David Fetterman, who left this in a comment on last Friday’s ethnography blog post. For those who don’t know David, he’s written a significant book on the subject. Wonderful posting and drawing of course. You might add the role of cultural interpretation to the mix. The difference between the wink and […]
What is your Tabla?
Today’s cartoon was inspired by a story on NPR about The Tabla Master Who Jammed With The Grateful Dead: In the 1960s, Western musicians were becoming interested in Indian music, and Hussain found himself working on a sitar record with George Harrison. He told the Beatle about his dream to get into rock. “And he said, […]