Zombies and Brexit: how on earth did we end up here?
Today we woke up to a shocking new reality. The UK public has voted to leave the European Union. How was it ever within the realm of possibility that we would end up here? Read more
What can collective impact offer in solving our biggest social challenges?
The most entrenched social challenges of our times will only be solved when people and organisations work together – across sectors, across borders and across cultures (local and global). We know this. But while people and organisations have been collaborating for years in many different forms, there has been less embedding of frameworks that enable collaboration to generate significant impact. Collective impact offers one approach with potential, but how exactly do we make it work here? Our recent research on collective impact in the UK offers some suggestions.
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An interview with Collaborate sharing our experience with collaboration
Welcome to 2016! Here’s hoping it’s a year of challenge, imagination and transformation.
Some food for thought to get the year started – here’s an interview with Collaborate where we talk about the messy process of collaborating for change. It’s only by aligning our passions, ideas and resources that we’ll ever achieve the scale of change needed to really tackle inequality in all its forms.
We’d love to hear about your experiences with collaboration.
Interview with Collaborate.
‘Just do it’ and forget economics!
Let’s just get on and do it! Economics has nothing to do with changing the world. I’ve never heard a bigger bunch of crap in my life.