Such a timely article for me. At our Steering Committee Meeting last week we discussed how we can keep these things from happening or adjust our sails when we have wandered into these waters. Would love to have a webinar or some opportunities to further discuss these challenges with others.
This is a frank, brilliant and perfectly balanced set of advice and lessons. They are clearly drawn from a wealth of experience. I will be sharing this with my students and collaborators and it will inform my own research. Thank you.
Thanks Paul for these valuable insights. Professionals like is who are working towards supporting such efforts would highly get benefitted with your learning. Thanks.
Paul, your comments are very thoughtful and relevant for communities trying to increase collaboration. I have been involved in a collective impact group trying to improve refugee and asylee resettlement. Your article provides many excellent reminders about how all parties should contribute and be held accountable in this work. I never thought of the formal role of the "backbone" staffer but that task clearly emerged as our group began and continues its work. Thanks for the many valuable tips.
Many aspects in this article rang true with me as a facilitator and facilitative leadership program trainer focused on the Technology of Participation methods and theory. Building a culture of authentic participation - which is about real inclusion - can make a significant difference to areas where collective impact is sought. The Institute of Cultural Affairs, the community development organisation who developed the early versions of ToP knew this: the hallmarks of this global methodology mirror closely many of the pre-conditions you discuss here. Here, in Aotearoa - New Zealand, we are working in a partnership to evolve these further - to bring them together with facilitation and leadership concepts from Māori. The added richness of these world views offer even more to success with collective impact: we have much to learn from simply slowing down and listening.
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BY Jane Elyce Glasgow, PhD
ON December 7, 2021 12:04 PM
Such a timely article for me. At our Steering Committee Meeting last week we discussed how we can keep these things from happening or adjust our sails when we have wandered into these waters. Would love to have a webinar or some opportunities to further discuss these challenges with others.
BY Simon Tanner
ON December 8, 2021 07:40 AM
This is a frank, brilliant and perfectly balanced set of advice and lessons. They are clearly drawn from a wealth of experience. I will be sharing this with my students and collaborators and it will inform my own research. Thank you.
BY PAUL SCHMITZ, Leading Inside Out, LLC
ON December 17, 2021 01:07 PM
Thanks Simon and Jane. There will be a podcast in January on this and then some other opportunities down the line.
BY Sandeep
ON January 5, 2022 07:15 PM
Thanks Paul for these valuable insights. Professionals like is who are working towards supporting such efforts would highly get benefitted with your learning. Thanks.
BY Surabhi
ON March 4, 2022 02:35 PM
This is exactly what I am experiencing right now and hoping to turn it around. Thanks for sharing! Very helpful.
BY Martin Cominsky
ON February 2, 2023 01:30 PM
Paul, your comments are very thoughtful and relevant for communities trying to increase collaboration. I have been involved in a collective impact group trying to improve refugee and asylee resettlement. Your article provides many excellent reminders about how all parties should contribute and be held accountable in this work. I never thought of the formal role of the "backbone" staffer but that task clearly emerged as our group began and continues its work. Thanks for the many valuable tips.
BY Carolyn Smith
ON April 25, 2023 06:44 PM
Excellent, practical article that mirrors my own experiences-thank you!
BY Michelle Rush
ON April 27, 2023 02:22 AM
Many aspects in this article rang true with me as a facilitator and facilitative leadership program trainer focused on the Technology of Participation methods and theory. Building a culture of authentic participation - which is about real inclusion - can make a significant difference to areas where collective impact is sought. The Institute of Cultural Affairs, the community development organisation who developed the early versions of ToP knew this: the hallmarks of this global methodology mirror closely many of the pre-conditions you discuss here. Here, in Aotearoa - New Zealand, we are working in a partnership to evolve these further - to bring them together with facilitation and leadership concepts from Māori. The added richness of these world views offer even more to success with collective impact: we have much to learn from simply slowing down and listening.