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4. Major systems change You want to project a successful intervention in one system to a different system – e.g., use a successful village market innovation (economic system) to change national laws and regulations (in the political system) I have not yet had experience with this type of Developmental Evaluation. * 5. Rapid response In the midst of a sudden major change or a crisis, you want to explore real time solutions and generating innovative and helpful interventions for those in need Nor have I had experience with this type either. As with all five types, and with Developmental Evaluation in general, their use is emerging. In fact, Michael Quinn Patton could not be here in Utrecht because of a prior commitment to support the coordination of an evaluation of the Haitian relief effort. * * In Zimmerman’s matrix, here is where Developmental Evaluation comes into the picture. January 2009 * And in Snowden’s cynefin, Developmental Evaluation fits here Michael Quinn Patton emphasises that in addition to complex nonlinear dynamics, Developmental Evaluation is especially appropriate when systems thinking is present in social innovation . Of course, systems thinking and complexity come together with Complex Adaptive Systems but let me highlight the three systems concepts that are central to Developmental Evaluation, as I understand it at least. * These slides were inspired and informed by Michael Quinn Patton and by Bob Williams, whom many of you know as a leading thinker on systems and evaluation. As you can see, I stand on the shoulders of giants. * I am sure many of you are familiar with the elephant metaphor to explain that the system is more than the sum of its parts. Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers told them, Hey, there is an elephant in the village today. They had no idea what an elephant is. They decided, Even though we would not be able to see it, let us go and feel it anyway. All of them went where