Co-acting

Jim Armstrong
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Jim Armstrong: The Governance Network™

Chapter 10 in Improving International Capacity Development, 2013, pp 166-187 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A sculptor approaches a block of stone with learning and experience. She will have a design in mind that will have been fashioned by the goal, by her experience, and by her study of the stone’s matrix. And then, she begins to chip. As much as her learning and planning have prepared her for the job, the stone will now reveal unexpected textures, grain, colour, and even faults. The plan may have to be altered, even abandoned, when these challenges or opportunities are discovered. The sculptor learns from undertaking the work, diagnoses the challenges, re-appraises the design, and adjusts the execution. As the work progress, the process is constantly repeated. Colearning, co-diagnosing, co-designing, and co-acting are continuous and contemporaneous, with different emphasis at different times depending on the intervention. Co-diagnosing continues during co-designing and coacting, and co-learning underpins all of the phases.

Keywords: Public Sector; Change Agent; Female Genital Mutilation; Practical Wisdom; External Expert (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137310118_10

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