Creating Collaboratives A New Form of Organization & One Example Greg MacGillivray
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Unlike many of the multi-stakeholder groups, coalitions, task forces and other collaborative undertakings that exist today, a Collaborative is not a closed group.
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Tough Problems hange creates uncertainty as rapid developments continually challenge our worldview. We are further challenged by the reality of complex, adaptive, interdependent systems, which gives rise to unprecedented complexity. Think of cities as an example where many interdependent systems meet our needs.
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All of this complexity makes it difficult for any individual, group, organization or even multi-stakeholder group to intervene to improve a system or to address a shared concern – a tough problem like mental health, wellness, inequality, ageism, decarbonization, pollution, poverty or having an economy that works for everyone. See the S2S article The Collaborative: Tough Problems & A New Solution for more.
