Successful solutions to pressing social ills tend to consist of innovative combinations of a limited set of alternative ways of perceiving and resolving the issues. These contending policy perspectives justify, represent and stem from four different ways of organizing social relations:...

The overall purpose of this evaluation is to ensure accountability for the use of allocated resources as well as to promote a lesson-learning culture in EC development cooperation. The main specific objectives of the evaluation were: - to provide the relevant external co-operation services of...

The main objectives of this evaluation are: (i) to provide an overall independent and accountable assessment of the European Commission’s cooperation relations with Malaysia during the 1997-2007 period, (ii) to identify lessons learnt from past cooperation in order to enhance the...

The main objectives of this evaluation is to provide an overall independent and accountable assessment of the European Commission’s cooperation relations with Thailand during the 1997-2007 period, to identify lessons learnt from past cooperation and thus to assist the implementation of the...

Introduction -- Innovation, Wicked Problems and Design Thinking -- Clumsy Solutions, Messy Institutions and Cultural Change -- Creating Social Spaces for Exploration -- Hunting, Gathering and Taking it Home - Bringing New Perspectives and Perceptions into Organisations -- Design Thinking and...