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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
Formats:
Downloadable documents

How to lead and manage Better Care implementation

by Leadership Centre | 2015

Practical guide to help members of health and wellbeing boards involved in the UK Department of Health’s Better Care Fund projects. Contains sections on systems leadership and effecting wide-scale cultural change in healthcare organisations

Keywords:
Cultural change, Health care, Service integration, Wicked issues
Resource type:
Case studies, Tools and guidance
Formats:
Downloadable documents

Wicked problems and clumsy solutions: the role of leadership

by Leadership Centre | 2014

Influential article differentiating between tame, wicked and critical problems, and associating these with management, leadership and command approaches to their solution. Wicked problems need us to go beyond internally coherent approaches and adopt so called ‘clumsy solutions’ that use the skills of ‘bricoleurs’ to pragmatically engage whatever comes to hand  

Keywords:
Clumsy solutions, Complexity, Cultural change, Leadership development, Systems theory, Wicked issues
Resource type:
Scholarly research
Formats:
Downloadable documents