1. Simple ways of dealing with complexity? "Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler" A.E.

2. ODI Seminar 9th July 20082 1....interconnected and interdependent elements.. 2. Feedback processes 3. Emergence 4....relationships between dimensions are frequently nonlinear 5. Sensitivity to initial conditions 6. Phase space 7. Chaos and edge of chaos 8. Adaptive agents 9. Self-organisation 10. Co-evolution

3. ODI Seminar 9th July 20083 1. A wider view of strategy If “M&E is the back end of strategy”, then pay attention to strategy

4. ODI Seminar 9th July 20084 A series of workshops

5. ODI Seminar 9th July 20085 NGOs & Issue coalitions Key: Blue squares = coalitions; Red circles = NGO respondents; Purple triangles = NGO respondents who are also listed as coalitions; Grey lines = NGO membership in a coalition.

6. ODI Seminar 9th July 20086 Mapping and Navigating

7. ODI Seminar 9th July 20087 2. A wider view of partnership 1.Analysis of individual relationships Most commonMost common 2.Analysis of portfolios of relationships Not so commonNot so common 3.Analysis of networks of relationships Less commonLess common

8. ODI Seminar 9th July 20088 2. Portfolio view

9. ODI Seminar 9th July 20089 3. Network view

10. ODI Seminar 9th July 200810 But these can get complex…

11. ODI Seminar 9th July 200811 Pathways within networks A useful simplification?

12. ODI Seminar 9th July 200812 The Social Framework a Logical Framework re-designed as if people and their relationships mattered Documenting the agreed objectives of actors along a pathway

13. ODI Seminar 9th July 200813 The test of a new metaphor Does it lead us to doing things differently? Can we specify self-organisation rules/requirements that will lead to good/better systemic outcomes?Can we specify self-organisation rules/requirements that will lead to good/better systemic outcomes? For example, how adjacent parties in a pathway should agree on what they should be doingFor example, how adjacent parties in a pathway should agree on what they should be doing