Finally, measurement should reflect the meeting place rather than distort it. Developmental evaluation (Michael Quinn Patton, 2011) tracks learning in real time, valuing stories alongside statistics. Metrics ask who benefits and who is burdened, whether power has shifted, and how practices have evolved. By letting evidence converse with values, organizations keep truth visible while refining tasks. In this way, assessment becomes not a judgment after the fact but a companion to transformation as it unfolds. [...]
