17/04/2026
Most organisations are not lacking data.
They are lacking useful data.
At our recent Student Spotlight Webinar for the Monitoring & Evaluation in Global Health Course offered by the University of Washington Department of Global Health, participant Abisola Chukwuma representating her team shared a powerful reminder:
Measure what matters, not just what is easy to count.
Many teams collect reports, numbers, and spreadsheets every month… yet nothing changes. Why?
Because data without learning is noise.
Data without decisions is waste.
Data without action is decoration.
She broke it down simply:
✅ Monitoring tracks progress
✅ Evaluation tests value and results
✅ Logic models connect activities to impact
✅ Good indicators focus teams on what truly matters
✅ Learning culture turns evidence into growth
The biggest lesson for every organization, NGO, hospital, business, or government agency:
Being busy collecting data is not the same as being effective.
If your reports are not improving decisions, performance, or impact, then it may be time to rethink your system.
In a world drowning in information, the winners will be those who know what to measure, what to ignore, and how to act fast.
What percentage of data collected in most organizations do you think is actually used for decision-making?
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