Know what levers are necessary to change course effectively.
Understanding how and why an organization’s programs and initiatives connect to its overall goals and mission is crucial for making a meaningful difference. Organizations that lack a clear idea of the real effects of their work risk working inefficiently – or worse, ineffectively.
Establishing a clear, evidence-based connection between why a situation is the way it is (e.g. the context is the way it is, why people are behaving a certain way), and how this situation could be improved is necessary for an organization to set a clear course towards achieving its goals.
Questions we navigate:
- What features and factors are key to the situation we want to change?
- Who is our target population for change, and what difference do we want to make?
- How do we know that what we’re doing will be effective?
- What other strategies or interventions might help us achieve our goals?
- How can these strategies and interventions contribute to an effective program?