![]() ![]() But what if the project went wrong? Really wrong? What if the data you collected fell into the hands of someone who wanted to do something bad with it? Last year at the Responsible Data Resource Sprint in Hungary – I had a thought: Many of the theory of change templates I had seen all assumed that the change that the project would bring in the world would be positive. Going deeper into theories of change? Some useful resources:Īs ever, thank you in particular to Dirk Slater for his thoughts on the topic! A flash of lightning: genius or smiting? Both templates serve as an absolute minimum of questions one should ask oneself before starting, rather than a replacement for a deeper thought process. The Dystopian theory of change is also a hack of the standard methodology, the antithesis of what it was originally intended for. Getting creative juices flowing and hopefully making theories of change seem a little less overwhelming. The DIY toolkit template I consider an accessible compromise to getting started with theories of change. Worst case scenario, this leads to them not producing one at all. At the same time, I have seen so many organisations be overwhelmed by having to produce a full theory of change straight off.A theory of change should start from an organisational strategy and include all of the activities you are hoping to engage in. Creating a full theory of change is a much bigger piece of work than simply filling in a template.I wanted to clarify a couple of things specifically about the process for creating ‘Utopian’ theories of change which didn’t come across in the original version. Update: Reactions to Feedback on this post
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