OS & Evidence based practice

[Therese Fitzpatrick]

I know this is a list about OS but I hope it is OK to suggest to Jon
Harvey that he also consider using an Appreciative Inquiry for his
client.  Perhaps an AI in OS?


On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:43:35 -0000, Jon Harvey <only.connect at virgin.net> wrote:
> Hallo
>
> I work in the field of public services - and I have a potential client who
> wants help to discover what works in the field of community safety.
> Specifically they coordinate a number of projects thoughout a large city
> here in the UK - and they have conducted some recent evaluations of 4 of
> their major projects. However - the evaluations did not discover what were
> the critical success factors to the 4 projects - in other words - why ~did~
> they work? They need this info - so that they can apply the learning to
> future projects.
>
> So they are looking for a meta evaluation of the 4 projects - to try and
> identify what are the 'differences that make the difference' between success
> and failure in this complex field of social interventions to increase
> community safety.
>
> Easy huh!
>
> I am keen to use OS to work with the client all the stakeholders to help
> them achieve this. Why? Why OS? Well (obviously) I value and like the
> process hugely. Secondly - I believe they need an innovative process (beyond
> the standard research evaluation that they have already used) to dig down
> deeper (and deeper) to discover the essence of the evidence based practice.
>
> So... my enquiry is this - has anyone out there had any experience of using
> OS in such a way - I would be most interested to hear your experiences -
> whatever you can share.
>
> Time is of the essence - I have to finish writing the proposal in about 24
> hours time - so any info I need before then. (By the way - has OS ever been
> used to help procurement professionals to have a slightly less anally
> retentive view of the world?!!)
>
> All thoughts most welcome. Many thanks
>
> Jon Harvey
> Oxford
> UK
>
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