Posts tagged ‘Reform’
Reform:Better evaluation
Friday, May 14th, 2010Angela Hodkinson, who leads Deloitte’s policy evaluation team, talks about how effective evaluation can strengthen policy-making and the need to make sure this task is more than just an ‘add-on’. The ‘standard’ policy cycle often places evaluation at the end. This summative approach is valuable to provide a snapshot of progress and impact but evaluation can, and should, be undertaken throughout the policy cycle. Ex-ante evaluation establishes a baseline and articulates what a policy hopes to achieve and how intervention will make a difference. Ongoing evaluation allows for...[full story]
Reform:Risk and rapid change
Monday, March 8th, 2010Scenario planner Gill Ringland talks about the key risks facing organisations in today’s world and why ideas need to be tested, not just dreamed up. Making robust decisions in uncertain times was the key theme for Gill Ringland, Chief Executive of the St Andrews Management Institute (SAMI), when she spoke at agendaNi’s managing risk seminar in February. Her talk covered the themes of a forthcoming co-authored book – ‘Beyond Crisis: Achieving Renewal in a Turbulent World’ – due out this month. Many systematic changes are taking place globally, notably the shift in economic...[full story]
