Ian David Moss

(Crossposted from the EA Forum) I am a full-time independent consultant who specializes in strategy, research, and decision consulting for mission-driven clients. As part of my work, I regularly devise new services that I think could be high-impact for teams working on important projects. One of these innovations, the decision...

Photo by Danielle Cerullo on Unsplash Over the course of nearly two decades in the workplace, I’ve seen the inside of dozens of organizations and teams as an employee, consultant, or friendly collaborator. With rare exceptions, it seems, important decisions get made one of two ways. If an organization is...

Photo by dylan nolte on Unsplash Quick: what’s the best decision you’ve ever made? (I’m serious! Take a second to think about it.) . . . Now that you have an answer, think about what it was about that decision that made it a good one. Was it the impressive...

Okay, it’s more like a dozen not-that-weird tricks, but the point is… For a while now, I’ve been sounding the alarm about the social sector’s crisis of evidence use. To put it bluntly, the human race expends mind-boggling resources bringing studies, reports, and analyses into the world that are read...

The evidence-based (or if you prefer, evidence-informed/data-driven) decision-making movement is riding some rough seas these days. With… Continue reading on Medium »

NOTE: The COVID-19 funding landscape is evolving rapidly, and we are making updates to reflect new developments and revised donation recommendations. Please check the EA Forum version of this post for the latest information. Authors: Catherine Olsson and Ian David Moss, with contributions from the collective members of the "Funding...

Practical advice for donors and institutions responding to COVID-19 Photo by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash Like many of you, I saw my world change dramatically in what seemed like the blink of an eye back in mid-March. Within a span of a long weekend, my older child’s preschool closed down...