Resource Type: Publication | Authors: Anne Kubisch, Patricia Auspos, Prudence Brown & Thomas Dewar
This paper published by the Aspen Institute’s Roundtable on Community Change highlights lessons from 43 major Comprehensive Community Initiatives over the past two decades and offers a framework for thinking about investing in place-based initiatives into the future.
Resource Type: Website | Authors: Keith McCandless & Henri Lipmanowicz
Liberating Structures are simple rules that make it easy to include and unleash everyone in shaping the future. The LS website outlines thirty-three, easy-to-use tools for incorporating Liberating Structures into your next meeting.
Resource Type: Publication | Moderators: Eric Nee & Michele Jolin
This paper – and complementary set of videos – explores the growing interest in collective impact work through a dialogue with a dozen social sector leaders.
Podcast | Speaker: Cameron Norman
In this podcast, Cameron Norman, Principal of CENSE Research + Design, Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health shares about Design Thinking and Social Innovation. He walks listeners through what design thinking is, the differences between it and systems thinking, and what has drawn him to this...
Audio Seminar || John Kania
In this podcast, Paul Born speaks with John Kania about collective impact and the key elements needed to engage multiple partners in working together to affect change on complex issues.
Resource Type: audio seminar | Speaker: Adam Kahane
In this podcast, Liz Weaver speaks with Adam Kahane about power and love and their role in social change efforts.
Resource Type: Editorial | Author: The Vancouver Sun
This recent editorial suggests that finding solutions to our communities’ complex challenges is beyond the scope of a single entity.
Resource Type: Audio Seminar | Author: John Kania
Paul Born interviews John Kania about his fabulously fresh and popular paper Collective Impact which was published in The Stanford Social Innovation Review. They also explore ideas outlined in John's acclaimed new book Do More Than Give and explore the unifying themes between these two resources and their...
Principles for leadership and management in complex adaptive systems
This summary, adapted from Brenda Zimmerman's work with leaders in the complex world of health care, provides nine principles that can be generalized for leading and managing in complex, adaptive environments.
Resource Type: Audio Seminar || Speaker: Thomas Homer Dixon
What are the most significant challenges facing society today and why are our typical responses proving ineffective? How can the renewal of our society be fostered? What role can communities play in providing the ingenuity and innovation needed for such a renewal?
Resource Type: Audio Seminar || Speaker: Brenda Zimmerman
In this podcast, Brenda Zimmerman explores the challenges and opportunities inherent to working in complex systems. She looks at some key characteristics of leadership in uncertain times, and lays out several important principles for leading in complex systems.
Resource Type: Audio Seminar || Speaker: Brenda Zimmerman
Complexity suggests that relationships between parts are more important than the parts themselves. Learn more in this podcast that explores ‘wicked questions’, leadership, social innovation and complex systems thinking.
Resource Type: Audio Seminar || Speakers: Mark Cabaj & Liz Weaver
Poverty is a complex issue. Use it to explore concepts of complexity and discover its implications for an adaptive leadership style. The concepts outlined in this podcast may increase the potential for progress on community-driven poverty reduction efforts.
