Collaboration is a bear
• Collaboration is an
unnatural act committed
by consenting adults.
– Larry King
• It’s better to have a
potential detractor in the
tent than outside the
tent peeing into the tent.
-- I’m Not Telling
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Bears are…
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Why do it?
MOTIVATION –
People collaborate
because...
NOTHING
ELSE
WORKS
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People want change
• Status quo stinks!
• Coalitions/partisan
politics divide us…
• Or, cause gridlock.
• Problems don’t go
away.
• Get WORSER…
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Collaboration is…
• About CHANGE
• It is NOT any of those other “C” words:
-- Communications
-- Coordination
-- Cooperation
• Most things we call Collaboration are not.
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Collaboration is…
The process of bringing “the appropriate
people together in constructive ways with
good information, so that they will create
authentic visions and strategies for
addressing the shared concerns of
the…community.”
-- David Chrislip
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Build Capacity
• Plan for the long haul…
• Invest in the fleet.
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What works?
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Appropriate people
Constructive ways
Good information
Common goals –
shared vision
• Shared space
• Time
• Action
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Public-Private Collaboration
Why
do?
¾ Mandated
¾ > Competitive
¾ > resources to do the
job
¾ Community buy-in
¾ Visibility
¾ Sustainability
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Public-Private Collaborations
Changing Roles
Then…
• Polarization
• Simple Problem
Definitions, Simple
Solutions.
• Yes, but…
• A few strong men…
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Public-Private Collaborations
Changing Roles
Now… Emerging
• Convener
• Catalyst
• Facilitator
• Sustainer of Change
• Keeps the
collaboration going.
• Capacity Builder
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How do you know when you get there?
ALL
1. Tangible, significant
results.
2. Systemic change.
3. Sustainable change.
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What do the Winners have in
Common?
1.
Good timing and clear
need.
2.
Strong stakeholder groups.
3.
Broad-based citizen
involvement.
4.
Credibility and openness of
process.
5.
Commitment/involvement
of top leaders.
More…
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What do the Winners have in
Common?
6.
Support by established
authority.
7.
Ability to overcome mistrust
and skepticism.
8.
Strong leadership support of
the process.
9.
Interim successes.
10.
Shift to broader concerns.
--David Chrislip and Carl Larsen
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“Every system is
perfectly designed to
get the results it gets.”
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Questions?
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References
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Libby Cable, The Lee Institute
Karla Gray, Mecklenburg County DPR
Sarah Greene, Mecklenburg County AMH
Barbara Rein, Smart Start of Meck. Co.
David Chrislip & Carl Larson , The Health
Care Forum Journal, Nov-Dec 1995, 38:6.
• Leo Denise, “Collaboration vs. Three”,
Innovating, Spring 1999, 7:3.
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My Contact Information
Sharon P. Kugelmass, Ph.D.
Mecklenburg County
Grants Development Coordinator
704-336-3242
Sharon.Kugelmass@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov
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