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We are facing a new and urgent challenge when collaborating across
organizations, and with broader stakeholder groups: how to overcome
polarization. It has never been harder to find a common vision,
when opinions are often considered as facts. This book empowers
changemakers and business leaders to understand how successful
organizations in the 21st century require leaders to become fluent
in collaborating outside of traditional business boundaries. Such
collaboration often involves working with parties that hold very
different values, opinions and priorities, and working with them
requires new skills. Building on the book Five Superpowers for
Co-Creators, Katrin Muff presents a number of real-world examples
that demonstrate how organizations have successfully managed to
address these challenges. Examples of such unlikely but successful
cross-sector collaboration include a project addressing plastic
waste in Switzerland, and two European city government projects
that reached out beyond organizational boundaries. The book
features many stories of trial and error in overcoming the societal
polarization gap. From all these insights emerges clear guidance as
to how leaders and organizations can transform to new 'outside-in'
mindsets to overcome polarization and develop a Positive Impact
Mindset. The book is ideal for use by facilitators, educators,
business and political leaders, and consultants, who are seeking
solutions within an often polarized world to achieve sustainable
change and a positive impact.
The introduction is free to download here.This book is about
empowering ordinary people to make a difference in the world. It
explores the transformation that emerges when groups spread around
the world working on similar issues discover synchronicities, often
cross-pollinating, and collaborate rather than compete. A
Collaboratory is a facilitated space where stakeholders meet to
discuss burning societal issues. Each collaboratory is different
and needs to be carefully designed to fit the context, ambition,
purpose, stakeholders, culture, and space.Part 1 of the book sets
the stage by explaining what a collaboratory is, where it emerges
from, how it is defined and how it fits into the larger context of
the social lab revolution that is happening all over the world.Part
2 of the book unpacks the many dimensions and considerations that
contribute to the magic of a collaboratory experience. We offer
nine unique insights and perspectives that need to be considered
and form an integral part of a successful collaboratory.Part 3
offers eight inspiring examples of how a collaboratory could be
applied. We look at applications in the educational field, within
organizations, among institutions, and as movements.Part 4 offers a
pragmatic outlook on how to get started if you want to use the
Collaboratory in your own field of work. The book offers a
narrative roadmap using a real-life example of a co-designed and
co-created Collaboratory in Norway.Offering practical
recommendations and benefits, and bringing together insights from a
range of experienced academics, practitioners and facilitators, The
Collaboratory is a handbook for experienced or aspiring
practitioners in all fields of change: in society, in organizations
of all kind and in the field of education.
We are facing a new and urgent challenge when collaborating across
organizations, and with broader stakeholder groups: how to overcome
polarization. It has never been harder to find a common vision,
when opinions are often considered as facts. This book empowers
changemakers and business leaders to understand how successful
organizations in the 21st century require leaders to become fluent
in collaborating outside of traditional business boundaries. Such
collaboration often involves working with parties that hold very
different values, opinions and priorities, and working with them
requires new skills. Building on the book Five Superpowers for
Co-Creators, Katrin Muff presents a number of real-world examples
that demonstrate how organizations have successfully managed to
address these challenges. Examples of such unlikely but successful
cross-sector collaboration include a project addressing plastic
waste in Switzerland, and two European city government projects
that reached out beyond organizational boundaries. The book
features many stories of trial and error in overcoming the societal
polarization gap. From all these insights emerges clear guidance as
to how leaders and organizations can transform to new 'outside-in'
mindsets to overcome polarization and develop a Positive Impact
Mindset. The book is ideal for use by facilitators, educators,
business and political leaders, and consultants, who are seeking
solutions within an often polarized world to achieve sustainable
change and a positive impact.
This groundbreaking and timely book provides change makers,
organizations and facilitators with practical tools to initiate and
conduct multi-stakeholder co-creation processes. Such processes are
of critical importance in times of rapid change, where mega trends
and grand challenges influence the market dynamics of business in
entirely new ways. The book provides a concrete pathway for
business to become future-ready by building capacity to work
outside its traditional boundaries. The book unfolds the shift of
multi-stakeholder teams from a state of competition to a state of
collaboration, addressing the inner and outer dimensions of such a
change. The five superpowers identified in the book are: (1) the
genuine engagement of individuals, (2) collective solutions of
groups, (3) transformative spaces created by facilitators, (4) the
building blocks of co-creation, and (5) an effective strategy
process for organizations. The book explores the challenges to
achieve each of these superpowers. It also shares the stories of
"heroes of transformation" and explores what have been the reasons
for their success. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the
grand challenges, the future of work...call it what you want, the
future is here and organizations, change makers and facilitators
need nothing less than these superpowers to collaborate with other
players to solve these wicked problems.
For many years commentators have described what is wrong with
business schools - characterizing them as the breeding grounds of a
culture of greed and self-enrichment in global business at the
expense of the rest of society and of nature. Management Education
for the World is a response to this critique and a handbook for
those seeking to educate and create knowledge for a new breed of
business leaders. It presents a vision for the transformation of
management education in service of the common good and explains how
such a vision can be implemented in practice. The 50+20 vision, as
it is also known, was developed through a collaborative initiative
between the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, the World
Business School Council for Sustainable Business and the
U.N.-backed Principles of Responsible Management Education and
draws on the expertise of sustainability scholars, business and
business school leaders and thought leaders from many other walks
of life. This book explores the 21st century agenda of management
education, identifying three fundamental goals: educating and
developing globally responsible leaders, enabling business
organizations to serve the common good, and engaging in the
transformation of business and the economy. It is a clarion call of
service to society for a sector lost between the interests of
faculty, business and the schools themselves at the expense of
people and planet. It sees business education stepping up to the
plate with the ability of holding and creating a space to provide
responsible leadership for a sustainable world embodied in the
central and unifying element of the 50+20 vision, the
collaboratory. Management Education for the World is written for
everyone concerned or passionate about the future of management
education: consultants, facilitators, entrepreneurs and leaders in
organizations of any kind, as well as policymakers and others with
an interest in new and transformative thinking in the field. In
particular, teachers, researchers, students and administrators will
find it an invaluable resource on their journey.
Award-winning Case Studies 2015
Capitalism is fast approaching the tipping point into a new
sustainable economy that will allow people and the planet to
prosper. Pieces of a jigsaw are coming together and bringing into
focus a picture of a new, vibrant, attractive and sustainable
economic operating system. This quiet revolution is underway - if
we could only allow it to flourish. This Special Issue of Building
Sustainable Legacies brings together key voices in business and
academia that show us how to accelerate towards this tipping point
by exploring the role that business in society, responsible
education, leadership techniques and legal reform will have in
shaping the new sustainable economy. Including contributions from
Paul Polman, Katrin Muff, Beate Sjafjell and Gabriele Zedlmayer,
this outstanding collection proposes leading insights and
innovative solutions to the challenge of creating new economies
that work for people and the planet.
The introduction is free to download here.This book is about
empowering ordinary people to make a difference in the world. It
explores the transformation that emerges when groups spread around
the world working on similar issues discover synchronicities, often
cross-pollinating, and collaborate rather than compete. A
Collaboratory is a facilitated space where stakeholders meet to
discuss burning societal issues. Each collaboratory is different
and needs to be carefully designed to fit the context, ambition,
purpose, stakeholders, culture, and space.Part 1 of the book sets
the stage by explaining what a collaboratory is, where it emerges
from, how it is defined and how it fits into the larger context of
the social lab revolution that is happening all over the world.Part
2 of the book unpacks the many dimensions and considerations that
contribute to the magic of a collaboratory experience. We offer
nine unique insights and perspectives that need to be considered
and form an integral part of a successful collaboratory.Part 3
offers eight inspiring examples of how a collaboratory could be
applied. We look at applications in the educational field, within
organizations, among institutions, and as movements.Part 4 offers a
pragmatic outlook on how to get started if you want to use the
Collaboratory in your own field of work. The book offers a
narrative roadmap using a real-life example of a co-designed and
co-created Collaboratory in Norway.Offering practical
recommendations and benefits, and bringing together insights from a
range of experienced academics, practitioners and facilitators, The
Collaboratory is a handbook for experienced or aspiring
practitioners in all fields of change: in society, in organizations
of all kind and in the field of education.
For many years commentators have described what is wrong with
business schools - characterizing them as the breeding grounds of a
culture of greed and self-enrichment in global business at the
expense of the rest of society and of nature. Management Education
for the World is a response to this critique and a handbook for
those seeking to educate and create knowledge for a new breed of
business leaders. It presents a vision for the transformation of
management education in service of the common good and explains how
such a vision can be implemented in practice. The 50+20 vision, as
it is also known, was developed through a collaborative initiative
between the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, the World
Business School Council for Sustainable Business and the
U.N.-backed Principles of Responsible Management Education and
draws on the expertise of sustainability scholars, business and
business school leaders and thought leaders from many other walks
of life. This book explores the 21st century agenda of management
education, identifying three fundamental goals: educating and
developing globally responsible leaders, enabling business
organizations to serve the common good, and engaging in the
transformation of business and the economy. It is a clarion call of
service to society for a sector lost between the interests of
faculty, business and the schools themselves at the expense of
people and planet. It sees business education stepping up to the
plate with the ability of holding and creating a space to provide
responsible leadership for a sustainable world embodied in the
central and unifying element of the 50+20 vision, the
collaboratory. Management Education for the World is written for
everyone concerned or passionate about the future of management
education: consultants, facilitators, entrepreneurs and leaders in
organizations of any kind, as well as policymakers and others with
an interest in new and transformative thinking in the field. In
particular, teachers, researchers, students and administrators will
find it an invaluable resource on their journey.
This groundbreaking and timely book provides change makers,
organizations and facilitators with practical tools to initiate and
conduct multi-stakeholder co-creation processes. Such processes are
of critical importance in times of rapid change, where mega trends
and grand challenges influence the market dynamics of business in
entirely new ways. The book provides a concrete pathway for
business to become future-ready by building capacity to work
outside its traditional boundaries. The book unfolds the shift of
multi-stakeholder teams from a state of competition to a state of
collaboration, addressing the inner and outer dimensions of such a
change. The five superpowers identified in the book are: (1) the
genuine engagement of individuals, (2) collective solutions of
groups, (3) transformative spaces created by facilitators, (4) the
building blocks of co-creation, and (5) an effective strategy
process for organizations. The book explores the challenges to
achieve each of these superpowers. It also shares the stories of
"heroes of transformation" and explores what have been the reasons
for their success. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the
grand challenges, the future of work...call it what you want, the
future is here and organizations, change makers and facilitators
need nothing less than these superpowers to collaborate with other
players to solve these wicked problems.
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