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"Journey to the Common Good: The Art of Building Community-Based Collaboration" was presented by Dr. Gary Mangiofico during the 2012 Innovation in Healthcare Conference.TRANSCRIPT
Journey to the Common Good:The Art of Building
Community-based Collaboration
Gary Mangiofico, Ph.D.Associate Dean Graziadio School of Business and Management Pepperdine University
“No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.”
Einstein
Community Based Collaboration“Coming together for the joint ownership of decisions and collective responsibility for achieving the jointly agreed-upon objectives…”
(Gray,1989)
Wherein voluntarily folks are “…brought together by a shared desire …”
(Moote, et. al., 2000)
That aligns with the values and needs of the Community to be served.
Helps to address complex problems more effectively;
Brings together diverse perspectives, knowledge, and interests;
Creates a broader capacity to implement solutions.
(Firehock, 2011)
The Advantages of Collaboration
How can nonprofits…”collaborate on behalf of … community problems or challenges? What might facilitate a broader, community wide collaboration?”
Jennings (2009)
Strengthening the Capacity of Nonprofits and Communities
The Need for Foresight
What if We Knew a Different Way of Leading For a Future that is Distinct from the Past:
What would that call of us?
Courage to be bold and committed!
“An ethic of stewardship for people and place…
…an expansion of “me & mine” to “we & ours…
…To do so requires a sense of (place) and relatedness.”
(Dukes, 2011)
Relationship_______________________________________
Process for Innovation & Change_______________________________________
Subject Matter Expertise
These are the Core Elements to Create Collaborative Innovation & Change
Layers of Emergent Change Process (Mangiofico, 2007)
Leadership/ Relationship Influence: Developing Relatedness
Emergent Innovation & Change Process Implementation:
Community Building and Ongoing Dialogue
Content/ Issue Specific but Flexible Collaborative Initiative(s) with Multiple Perspectives
We create community when we bring in our authentic selves and share in the creation of positive narratives about who we are and what’s possible in our relatedness.
Creating Community Dialogue
Time: There is enough time
Mystery is valued: What would surprise you by being here?
Reflection is valued.
Relationships/intimacy as a community is the goal.
Believe people show up with generosity.
Qualities of Alternative Narrative
New narratives of what is possible are derived through meaningful conversations.
We are here, because all of you are developing the human agency for the Common Good!
You are the voices for an alternative narrative!
Therefore, What’s the prevailing narrative you are seeking to alter through your efforts?
Commitment to the Common Good
Relational BeingThe Building Blocks of Sustainable Dialogue and Community
We are social by nature, and authentic change for the common good requires the restoration of humanity!
Relationships are the promise of intimacy that can accomplish that.
We act upon that and whom we Care about! The mutuality of
relationship binds us…
Relationship
Creating Community is first and foremost an engagement of individuals together to create something of meaning
Use of Relationship in Leading Innovation & Change
Every community/organizational change is preceded by a personal one;
Relational influence touches my human being and that is why it is so powerful!
Two Principles ofRelational Influence
Time with each other/ stakeholder
Acts of service to one another/ stakeholders
Developing Trust that one’s well-being is held in value by one another
Sense of mutuality: What am I giving, what am I receiving? And, What are we building?
Building Relationships to Foster Collaboration and Community
Welcome each other to the conversation.
What has brought you here to this meeting?
Share what the meaning of collaboration is for you?
Welcome and Hospitality
Who has commitment to the new narrative? Who has power to advocate/ support an
alternative future? Who can bring resources? Who is in the “community” you’re working
to change? Who is willing to take the risks to empower
innovation and action?
Co-constructing the Future: The Conversation of Invitation
Block, 2008
And now the journey begins…..