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Finding the right balance between planning and searching

That was an excellent class today!  Many thanks for all of your contributions ..  And we ended with the good discussion about ‘thinking like a clinician’ vs. ‘thinking like an ecologist.’  So what do you think?: if you ran an agency trying to promote sustainable development, would you appoint more clinicians or ecologists as planners; more clinicians or ecologists as searchers?  Share your thoughts!

And here’s another query for you: in the area and sector that you are studying, how do you find the right balance between planning and searching?  Moreover, how can you set up a process to improve well-being that (following Woolcock’s talk) has the promise of scale, is sensitive to the cultural context, and helps to manage conflict?  Again, please share your thoughts : )

(And as noted, here’s a nice blog that summarizes Easterly’s ideas of planning and searching.)