Sustainable collaboration on complex problems: a “who” not a “what” challenge
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چکیده
Despite decades of collective efforts and millions dollars cross-sector investment, collaborations created to address wicked problems—complex issues that span industries sectors whose root causes are unclear—have had mixed success. The problems terrain is tribal competitive. It contested by proponents competing change innovation tools methodologies, advocates different leadership approaches and, in recent years, big business champions who claim private enterprise the most effective driver solutions. This perspective article argues while all these elements deserve attention, primary focus many reflects a Western scientific bias toward “what” “how” questions—governance, processes, activities, metrics outcomes—at expense “who” component: human relationships, or relational infrastructure, required build sustain efforts. crucial given grueling realities complex multi-year initiatives. explores tension between this need develop robust networks through skilful leadership, as reflected numerous First Nations knowledge practices. We discuss both an individual capability highlight for better understanding its significant role anchoring, shaping guiding system-based achieve positive impact.
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2504-0537']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2023.1224030