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Embracing emergence: how collective impact addresses complexity

by Leadership Centre | 2015

Complex social problems cannot be solved by a single organization or by a simple recipe. This US article explores how the rules of interaction defined in a collective impact process put participants on a journey embracing collective vigilance, learning, and action.

Keywords:
Collective leadership, Complexity, Systems theory, Wicked issues
Resource type:
Case studies, General information
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Integrated Care and Support Pioneer programme: annual report 2014

by Leadership Centre | 2015

Fourteen localities were selected in November 2013 as integrated care pioneers to develop innovative ways to coordinate care around people’s needs.  This report sets out the pioneers’ successes and challenges during their first year.

Keywords:
Health care, Service integration, Social care
Resource type:
Case studies, General information
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Leadership in the age of complexity

by Leadership Centre | 2015

The authors argue that the time for ‘heroic leaders’ is over, as they cannot  give us solutions to the challenges societies face. Heroic leadership rests on the illusion that someone can be in control. Yet we live in a world of complex systems that are inherently uncontrollable. The solution lies in mobilising the hearts and minds of everyone in […]

Keywords:
Collective leadership, Heroic leaders, Systems theory
Resource type:
General information
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The systems innovator: why successful innovation goes beyond products

by Leadership Centre | 2015

Paper explaining why systems innovation will become the most important focus for companies and governments, cities and societies. In the last decade there has been a growing focus on innovation in products and services as the source of competitive advantage. The author argues that in the coming decades the focus will shift towards the innovation […]

Keywords:
Systems theory
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General information
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Systems leadership for effective services

by Leadership Centre | 2015

Thinkpiece summarising the key features of a systems leadership and how it relates to the role of Directors of Children’s Services in England. Makes connections with both the education and healthcare systems, and describes how these public services are all beginning to recognise the centrality of systems approaches.  

Keywords:
Collective leadership, Cultural change, Distributed leadership, Systems theory
Resource type:
General information
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