Lee Alexander Risby
Director of Effective Philanthropy, Laudes Foundation; Board Member at Center for Effective Philanthropy
Background
Lee is Director of Effective Philanthropy at Laudes Foundation and a member of the management team. His professional experience has encompassed international development and corporate and private philanthropy, in strategy, evaluation and communications.
His approach to assessing complex industry changes (aka systems change) across fashion, finance and buildings/construction that Laudes is contributing towards, has been grounded in (a) appropriate - approximate measurement using rubric criteria and ratings with developmental evaluation; (b) linking evidence-based learning to strategic decision-making; and (c) focusing on making learning seriously fun and engaging so that evidence has the stickiness/neuroplasticity to be retained, discussed, debated and used. For systems change evaluation, he believes practice needs to evolve to evidence coaching and facilitation.
At the School of System Change
Lee is a contributor on the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Learning & Practice Series in 2024/2025.
""Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used" - A quote attributed to Napoleon which has relevance for our ever more challenging world. Why? Because we need the right questions to collect the right evidence to drive the changes that will save us from ourselves. Will we get there in time?"
