Evaluation and Value for Investment

Evaluation and Value for Investment

The prism as an evaluation metaphor

Science, art, and alchemy: Newton meets Floyd

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Julian King
Mar 21, 2023
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My logo is a metaphor for evaluation. The prism represents a set of explicit values, through which we synthesise a rainbow of mixed methods evidence, producing a lucid beam of evaluative clarity.

Physicists hate it

This metaphor is most displeasing to people who understand physics. A real prism splits white light into its component colours. Mine is play…

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