On this page you will find tools that we have developed, examples of our published writing, and other resources that we have found particularly useful in our practice.
Organisational Development, Innovation and Change
Tailored Organisational Assessments
Summarises the benefits of tailoring an organisational assessment tool to the needs of an organisation, how to do it, and top tips for good practice in using OA tools.
Capacity Development Methods Table
This tool compares an extensive range of capacity development methods, from formal training to less informal peer networks. The characteristics of each method are outlined, followed by its uses and the support and resources the method needs. This tool would be useful for anyone trying to decide on the best method for building different types of capacity.
Impact Grid for M&E of Organisational Development or Capacity Building
Participatory exercise for use with a group to help understand how Organisational Development or Capacity Building interventions have contributed to changes in their organisation.
Facilitation Options for Capacity Diagnosis
Table for considering what kind of approach to take in assesing organisational capacity: whether to do it internally, what the role of an external facilitator would be, and how much of a challenge is wanted.
Monitoring and Evaluating Partner Capacity Building – a Practical Tool
Overview of how to improve your reflective practice and become a reflective practitioner. Gives great advice for individual and teams to reflect effectively on their work and learn from their experience in a structured way.
Collaborative Working
Capacity Building Programming – a Guiding Framework
This resource helps think through the design of a Capacity Development programme for partner organisations. It introduces different areas of consideration when designing the programme including: tools, methods, choices, roles and linkages.
Evaluation, Strategy and Learning
How to Develop Learning Questions
A detailed guide to how to develop and use learning questions, how to test them, and how to embed them in the project cycle so that you are planning for learning. Goes well with ‘Reflective Practice’.
Creating a Smart Organisation Template
A short prompt sheet of questions to help your reflections on how your organisation is learning from its experiences.
Developing Your Reflective Practice
Overview of how to improve your reflective practice and become a reflective practictioner. Gives great advice for individual and teams to reflect effectively on their work and learn from their experience in a structured way.
Enquiry Framework for Reviewing Capacity Development
A tool to help shape a learning or evaluation initiative. This grid presents questions for reflection about the results of capacity development work at different levels of change.
