Avoiding the 10 Dangers to Collective Impact
We dive into the "10 Dangers," specific practices that can come up during collaborative work that can stall progress, break trust, and in general make things tough to move forward.
Collective Impact Forum · Paul Schmitz, Tracy Timmons-Gray
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Show Notes
In this episode, Collective Impact Forum senior advisor Paul Schmitz shares what he’s learned through supporting many collective impact initiatives, including some specific challenges that he has seen repeatedly come up and block progress. We dive into the dangers to avoid and also explore three key lessons that can help navigate through these challenges.
This chat is jumping off of Paul’s recent article “10 Dangers to Collective Impact,” which was featured online in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and is part of the online series Collective Impact, 10 Years Later.
Resources and Footnotes
- Article: 10 Dangers to Collective Impact
- Series: Collective Impact, 10 Years Later
- Article: Centering Equity in Collective Impact
- Article: The Culture of Collective Impact
- Book: New Power
- Book: Dare to Lead
- Tool: TRIZ
More on Collective Impact
Infographic: What is Collective Impact?
Resource List: Getting Started in Collective Impact
The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found here and is licensed under CC: By 4.0.
The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by Kevin Macleod. Licensed under CC: By.
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