Cross-sector Collaboration

Engaging Government in Collective Action

Working with governments to co-create programs and funding strategies can unlock resources far beyond what any single organization can do on its own.

Leadership for a Healthy Tomorrow

By Claire Chaumont & Tim McDonald

Public health leaders must develop new competencies to guide the systemic change necessary to improve human well-being.

The Importance of Scaffolding

By Daniela Blei

The structures that participants in a collaboration create to work together are critical to its success.

Effective Government Demands Partnership

By Kathleen Kelly Janus

From climate change to national security threats, the problems we face in the world are too big for government to solve alone. Public-private partnerships demonstrate how government can collaborate with the private sector to catalyze and scale innovation.

Collaboration

Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg 2

Every social system has its own unique and self-reinforcing characteristics, practices, and vocabularies. Learning to span these boundaries is a prerequisite for any significant change effort.

Human Rights

Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

By Fan Li & Sally Ren

A group of newly launched business and nonprofit coalitions are aiming to advance disability inclusion in a new way.

Collaboration

Cross-Sector Initiatives Should Start Small

By Vanessa Laird, Kathy Quick & J. Myles Shaver 1

Startup collaboratives often encounter challenges when converting their motivation to do good into action. We have created a minimum viable benefit process for agenda-setting that can help them start up and stay on track. | Open access to this article is made possible by the Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota.