Initiating PDIA: Start by running…and then run some more
written by Matt Andrews “Once there is interest, how do you start a PDIA project?” Many people have asked me this question. They are often in consulting firms or donor agencies […]
Authorizer
PDIA and Authorizers with an itch
written by Matt Andrews “How do you decide where to work on a PDIA project?” This is probably the most common question I have been asked with respect to PDIA. After […]
PDIA Notes 1: How we have PDIA’d PDIA in the last five years
written by Matt Andrews We at the Building State Capability (BSC) program have been working on PDIA experiments for five years now. These experiments have been designed to help us learn […]
The “PDIA: Notes from the Real World” blog series
written by Salimah Samji We are delighted to announce our new PDIA: Notes from the Real World blog series. In this series we will share our lessons from our PDIA experiments […]
SearchFrames for Adaptive Work (More Logical than Logframes)
written by Matt Andrews Although the benefits of experimental iteration in a PDIA process seem very apparent to most people we work with, we often hear that many development organizations […]
BSC Video 7: Understanding your Authorizing Environment
In the systems we operate within, who identifies problems? who identifies solutions? and how do these people mobilize the ones who have power and authority? In our research we find […]