New Book: Five Keys to Cross-Organizational Collaboration

"I have come to the conclusion that as skilled as we are at organizational leadership in the western context, we are woefully unprepared for this new collaborator economy. All day, every day we "work together" with people, between departments, and in partnerships. But this book is about the rare and ambiguous kind of collaboration that happens between organizations. We are generally quite good at market analysis, fundraising, recruiting, deploying resources, creating strategic plans, and executing them; as long as all the people involved work for us. We know how to lead hierarchies.
When we sit in a room of separate and equal agency heads, those same skills become suddenly inaccessible. In fact, our competency in one often makes us even less equipped for the other. The revealing question that emerges as networks begin to replace hierarchies: Are we ready for the new face of leadership and the new competencies it will require?"
This book is an exploration of that question and an explanation of just what it takes to leverage the power of collaboration between institutions, businesses and charities; in the service of social change.