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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- July 8, 2014
Eight Yummy Tensions of Collective Impact
This essay was originally posted to Living Cities' The Catalyst on July 3, 2014.I had the great fortune of attending the first learning community of the Workin…
- June 23, 2014
The Tango of Collective Impact
This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching couples dance the tango in a public square in London. The intricacies of the dance, coupled with the individual st…
- June 16, 2014
Differentiated Roles, Common Goals: Direct Service Providers and Collective Impact
“We’re the ones doing the work. Other people are trying to take credit for work we’ve done. It’s harder than ever to get money to provide the services needed. …
- June 5, 2014
The New Science of Evaluating Collective Impact
In her seminal book, Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatley takes a stance regarding the kind of leadership that is required in today’s world. She u…
- May 19, 2014
The Importance of “Emergence” in the Youth Field
I don’t know if he could hear it from the podium, but there was an audible “ah-hah” moment from the audience when John Kania spoke two weeks ago at the Ready b…
- May 14, 2014
The Types of Problems Suited for Collective Impact
I am often asked – should we adopt a collective impact approach in our work? While we have seen that the collective impact approach can be critical to achievin…