Overview

Katherine FultonMonitor Institute

Growing Social Impactin a Networked World

October 2011

From the peripheryto the front page

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4.1 billion = combined population in 2020US, Europe, & BRIC countries

=10 million people

=10 million people

1.7 billion = individuals born after 1990

“Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.”

- ANTONIO MACHADO

Support centers offer basic OD training

A Networked Globe

Rise of “Social Entrepreneurship” &Philanthrocaplitalism

Nonprofit-orientedHBR articles

published

Obama’s Officeof Social innovation

An Era of Austerity

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The organizational effectiveness movement & the professionalization of non profits

We aren’t keeping up with the scale of the problems we face

Suddenly, Something New

The Structure of Societies

CompetitiveMarket (M)

(trading companies)

HierarchicalInstitution (I)

(army, church)

Information-Age Networks

(advocacy groups)

Source: Adapted from David Ronfelt, Rand

Kinship-basedClan / Tribe

(T)

(extended family)

History5000 BC 2000 AD

collective action emergent action

coordinated action

network cultivation

network cultivation

designed markets

global action network

community organizing

cooperation

aligned action

systems-change

multi-stakeholder collaboration

cooperative advantage

collective problem-solving

communities of practice

joint ventureshared vision

learning community

pooled fund

strategic alignment

informal alignment

movements

affinity group

collaboration

association

cross-sectoral partnership

partnership

shared infrastructure

working wikily

innovationcrowd-sourcing

emergence

chaos theory

collaborative entrepreneurship systems theoryaction learning

group process design

multi-stakeholder convening

emergent action

coordinated actioncoalition

alignment

cooperative advantage

collective impact

networked nonprofit

working wikily

collaborative entrepreneurship

collective impactprivate-public partnerships systemic civic stewardship

cooperation

campaign

Existing terms

movements

affinity group

collaboration

coalitions

communities of practice

community organizing

private-public partnerships

Emerging terms

aligned action

cooperative advantage

collective impact

networked nonprofit

working wikily

collaborative entrepreneurship

movements

affinity group

collaboration

coalition

communities of practice

community organizing

private-public parsystemic civic stewardship

?2010s 2020s

Network effectiveness amplifies organizational effectiveness

Source: Adapted from David Ronfelt, Rand

Change requires a mindset shift

Traditional Mindset Network Mindset

Loosely controlled & emergent

Weaving connections & building network-wide capacity

Stimulating activity (e.g., platforms)

Effectiveness linked to intangibles (trusting relationships, info flows)

Public/open information & learning

Decision-making decentralized

Ownership and expertise distributed across multiple actors

Firmly controlled & planned

Strengthening individual efforts

Procuring deliverables (e.g., programs)

Effectiveness linked to concrete outputs

Proprietary information & learning

Decision making concentrated in one organization

Ownership by single, “expert” actor

Sources of Hope, Inspiration and Leadership

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

–MARCEL PROUST

Overview

Katherine FultonMonitor Institute

Growing Social Impactin a Networked World

October 2011