What Comes Into View
Exploring what becomes visible when we slow down enough to notice.
Welcome
This is where I share observations, questions, and ideas emerging from my work with foundations, nonprofits, collaboratives, and community change efforts.
Much of the work we care about happens in conditions of uncertainty. We’re asked to make decisions before we have complete information, and to demonstrate impact before change has fully unfolded. Earlier posts focus on evaluation and organizational learning; more recent ones explore complexity, uncertainty, and strategic learning.
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Adaptive Learning Capacity, a five-part series
Follow one organization from finding out by chance to finding out on purpose.
Who Carries the Uncertainty?
Uncertainty rarely disappears. It gets transferred. We create certainty for one group by asking another group to absorb it. When certainty becomes the goal, organizations become more focused on creating the appearance of predictability than building their capacity to learn and adapt.