Network Structure and Governance Archives

Thinking Like an Octopus (and With a Collaborative Heart): Evolving and Interlocking Networks

07JunJune 7, 2021 By Curtis Ogden

“You’ve got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it.”Toni Morrison A network that I have been a…

Appreciating the Complexity of Human Ecosystems

12NovJuly 30, 2020 By Sarah Ann Shanahan, The RE-AMP Network and Royce Holladay, The Human Systems Dynamics Institute

Networks are made of individuals. Each person is a complex system where we can’t control nor truly predict their behavior, so combining them to form a network can make things…

Liberating Structures in Network Development

03JulAugust 8, 2020 By Nancy J. White

When working in a network comprised of technical folks, it is easy stay in the familiar territory of presenting knowledge when the network gathers. Sometimes assumptions are made about scientists,…

Network Evaluation

28JunAugust 8, 2020 By June Holley

In complex settings, causality is also complex. We cannot identify a single action that will produce the outcomes we want. We often have to experiment, trying out a number of…

Consent-based Governance is a Great Choice for Collaborative Networks. Here’s why.

25JunAugust 8, 2020 By Michelle Smith

Part 1: Equity and Consent in Collaborative Networks In every area of public concern, we are seeing organizations from all sectors of society — non-profit, business, government and community —…

Microtrends To Amplify for Transformation

28MayAugust 8, 2020 By June Holley

How does change happen? I saw a book in the airport about microtrends and how they give a glimpse of the possible future. Microtrends are new behaviors, actions or directions…

Networks of networks have huge potential. They encourage the kinds of aggregation and numbers that can result in successful campaigns and policy initiatives. They also can convene innovative projects from…

The Transformative Power of Networks of Networks

02MayAugust 8, 2020 By June Holley

Three Level Networks for Transformation I’ve mentioned before that transformation or system shifting requires networks to be involved in networks of networks. This blog post will explain why every network…

9 Things Teams Need for Successful Collaboration

07MarAugust 10, 2020 By Michelle Smith

Across the U.S. and Canada, multi-stakeholder collaborative networks are addressing the systemic issues and wicked problems that cannot be solved by any one organization or institution alone. In the past 5 years…

Inclusive Networks Are Shaping Our Lives Right Now – Are They Governance?

05DecFebruary 1, 2019 By Tom Atlee

Increasingly, networks that embrace diverse sectors and stakeholders are working together on shared issues and goals at all levels of society. They are having real impact on the ground all…

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