written by Matt Andrews I referred to Albert Hirschman’s work on the “Principle of the Hiding Hand” in my class today. It is a great principle, and has real application when thinking about PDIA and
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Yesterday was the last day of Doing Development Differently (#differentdev). A group of about 40 development professionals from around the world met
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Today was the first day of Doing Development Differently (#differentdev). It was a full day with two DDD Exchange Sessions, a design
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Last October, we hosted a one-day workshop entitled, Untying Development: Promoting Governance and Government with Impact. The day brought together different voices
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written by Salimah Samji International development experts often tell us that they cannot do PDIA because the project processes within their organizations
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written by Matt Andrews Earlier this week, the New York Times ran the following great Op-ed on the lack of administrative focus
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written by Matt Andrews Action learning is a key part of PDIA. It is “a hybrid technique that allows participants to use
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Matt Andrews teaches a course entitled “Getting Things Done: Management in the Development Context,” at the Harvard Kennedy School. He often gets
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The coherence and effectiveness of engagement with the world’s ‘fragile and conflict-affected states’—beyond ethical imperatives and geo-strategic considerations—turns on answers to two
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We are proud to announce that Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation co-authored by Matt
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