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System failure: why a ‘cut and paste’ approach to tech isn’t working

New technologies are often seen as a quick fix for some of the most difficult MSD challenges.

Marcus Jenal
July 29, 2019
Market systems resilience - a concept to reframe systemic change and sustainability?

Market systems resilience connects systemic change and sustainability

Marcus Jenal
July 11, 2019
Harnessing the power of complexity in development

Market systems are complex adaptive systems and market systems development is a complex task.

Marcus Jenal
June 5, 2018
New research: Achieving conceptual clarity on systemic change

What is systemic change? How do we achieve it, and how do we measure it? Drawing from both theory and practice, new BEAM research seeks to improve our understanding of the concept.

Marcus Jenal
July 5, 2016
Complexity informed theory of change

The "complexity aware" theory of change approach can help managers develop appropriate strategies for interventions and focus their attention.

Marcus Jenal
Jan. 19, 2016
Showcasing evaluations of market systems development

Evaluations not only support learning, but are essential to establish credible evidence to show that market systems development can make a difference.

Marcus Jenal
Nov. 12, 2015
Peer-to-peer workshop reveals growing interest in SenseMaker®

Is SenseMaker® a suitable tool to measure systemic change in complex systems? Read this workshop round-up to find out.

Marcus Jenal
Oct. 30, 2015
Measuring systemic change in Feed the Future Uganda: SenseMaker

Our third webinar on systemic M&E; focused on the challenges and potential of SenseMaker.

Marcus Jenal
Aug. 10, 2015
Measuring systemic change in Feed the Future Uganda: Network Analysis

Read how network analysis has helped the USAID project see how the system changes.

Marcus Jenal
July 24, 2015
Measuring systemic change in Feed the Future Uganda

Marcus Jenal introduces a new series of webinars on tools to measure systemic change which are focusing on the USAID-funded project, Feed the Future Uganda.

Marcus Jenal
July 7, 2015
New funding approaches call for a new way of measuring impact

Monitoring systems need to be more than measuring indicators; they should be a practical tool for supporting emergent change.

Marcus Jenal
March 3, 2015
What next on assessing systemic change?

How we can better measure systemic change.

Marcus Jenal
Dec. 1, 2014