Test whether your strategy fits the histories, institutions and lived realities of the place it is intended to serve.
A guided diagnostic for development organisations, government agencies, foundations and businesses. The self-guided version takes approximately 12–15 minutes. A facilitated version can become a 60–90 minute THIRTEEN53 workshop.
12–15 minutes
Five stages, taken at your own pace.
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THE FIVE STAGES
Your initiative
Define the decision, programme, policy, investment or strategy being examined.
Historical fit
How the present situation was produced, and whether earlier interventions have been learned from.
Institutional fit
Formal authority, informal practice, incentives, capacity and implementation conditions.
Lived fit
Whether the initiative makes sense from the standpoint of the people expected to use, deliver or live with it.
Fit profile
A synthesised profile of alignments, tensions, blind spots and evidence gaps.