Square watermelons from Japan. If only people grew in square boxes too.
Here’s a great story that shows why people are not like watermelons (see picture): they won’t grow in square boxes.
It’s a perfect example of the pitfalls of logframes. In this case, the logframe created the wrong incentives for field managers. They didn’t pay enough attention to what other people were doing. So although the team completed all their activities, they didn’t achieve their goals. Continue reading
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