COLLECTIVE IMPACT

Julia Garnett, Director of Collective ActionWith Credit to FSG Consultants

SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS

A DIFFERENT APPROACH

Same goal – bigger than any one sector can meet alone

Agree to same measures while doing different things

Cross-sector alignment

Organizations actively coordinate their action

MINDSET SHIFT

Adaptive vs. Technical Problem Solving• Answers built from within, align to support common agenda

No Silver Bullet… “Silver Buckshot”• Many small changes implemented in alignment = progress at scale

Credibility vs. Credit• Create new incentives to work collaboratively not competitively

Shared Accountability, Shared Responsibility

COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT

OLD/CURRENT BEHAVIOR NEW BEHAVIOR

KEY CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS

Urgency for Change• Critical problem, frustration with status quo, multiple partners, engaged funders

and policy makers

Influential Champion(s)• Commands respect across sectors, brings focus but allows participants to figure

out the answers

Financial Resources• Committed multi-year funding partners, pay for planning and infrastructure