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Rationalized Education and The Futures of the University
Hallowed Halls, Empty Promises? Next to the church, the university may be the most enduring formal institution in our society. And like nearly every institution from banking to manufacturing to...
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The Quality Metric in Education
What goes on the pedestal of learning? What is quality when we speak of learning? In this third post in series on education and evaluation metrics the issue of quality is within graduate and...
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Meaning and metrics for innovation
Metrics are at the heart of evaluation of impact and value in products and services although they are rarely straightforward. What makes a good metric requires some thinking about what the meaning of...
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Putting our organizations on the couch
Creating change through rational planning only gets us halfway there. Looking inward will take us the rest of the journey. Remember the last time you participated in a meeting on organizational...
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Wide-Angled Metrics for Health
There’s something that happens when you spend enough time working in a field that fosters true wisdom. When you’ve had the chance to see the fruits of your labour and the cycles and patterns of your...
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The Imperfect Innovation and Evaluation Wisdom of Yoda
The wise Jedi master Yoda was famous for one quote that illustrates a truth about effort and impact that neglects something critical for innovation. Do. Or do not. There is no try Yoda The words of...
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How To Evaluate Design (Thinking)
Design and Design Thinking are foundational pathways to change-making and innovation. How do we know what we’ve created is doing what we think it is and whether it’s making a positive difference?...
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The Folly of Analytics in Strategy
More data does not always bring deeper insights, and the confusion between having good information, making a good decision, and taking the best action creates more folly than foresight. A strategy is...
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A Metric for Innovation Productivity: The Prototype Death Rate
In this latest in the Censemaking Methods Series we look at the Prototype Death Rate, a metric for assessing innovation productivity. When an idea has matured enough in our design process, it’s time...
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