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Outcomes: Keep it simple – but not simplistic!
I was in on an interesting conversation a while ago between a strategic planner and a communications specialist in a larger organization. The issue they were discussing was how to communicate to staff...
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Avoid being an outcomes model 'Go-Between'
A while ago a colleague recounted to me how they’d ended up pulling out their hair because they found themselves in a ‘Go-Between’ role when drawing an outcomes model (also called program logics,...
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Outcomes police, do they exist?
Several days ago I came across an article by John Day asking the question – Accounting Police, do they exist? In it he talked about the role of the Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the U.S. Members...
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Beware lumpers, splitters and slice globblers when you're building outcomes...
When you’re drawing outcomes models (program logics, strategy maps, means-ends diagrams, results chains etc), using DoView or other software there’re a few things which will come up on a regular basis....
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Why just about every indicator system in the world needs to be fixed!
I’ve just posted a new article in the Outcomes Theory Knowledge Base on why it is essential to map indicators onto an underlying visual outcomes model. I blogged a little while ago about why we should...
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Intense analysis of the U.N. Results-Based Management System
I have just put up an Outcomes Theory Knowledge Base article which is an intense analysis of the United Nation Results-Based Management System. (Its obscure work, but someone has to do it!). The...
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Getting outcomes creds and saving time!
Public sector organizations these days have two important imperatives: establishing that they are truly ‘results and outcomes-focused’ while also becoming more efficient in their internal...
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The evolution of the logic model
I’ve just posted an article on the evolution of the logic model within evaluation. Over the last couple of decades, increasing numbers of evaluators have started using logic models. For those not...
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Theory of Change Versus Theory of Action
What’s the difference between a Theory of Change and a Theory of Action? I’m just clarifying my thoughts on this issue and how it relates to my work thinking about how we conceptualize outcomes models...
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More fun with the accountants – this time Integrated Reporting Standards
Today I’ve been at another iteration of my gig with the road-show accountants’ professional development conference in another city (see my last blog on what my presentation has been about – Key...
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