Effects-based Operations - Effects-based Thinking

Effects-based Thinking

EBO is less of a thing and more of a mindset. Except in cases where this developer or that has sought to use the term for their software application, EBO does not replace existing systems or core concepts. EBO is instead:

• a fully developed theory grounded in effects-based thinking;
• a process to facilitate development of an organizational culture of EBO processes; and
• a lexicon that promotes understanding through a common language.

EBO seeks to understand the causal linkages between events, actions and results. EBO is most useful in understanding secondary and tertiary consequences to actions. For example, the effect of feeding a hungry child could be accomplished by handing the child a meal, directing the child and/or guardian to a soup kitchen or food pantry, or by providing the child or the guardian a job as a means to earn sufficient ongoing income to afford daily meals.