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GovernmentCollaborate to Create Community
Cross-functional teams in Government are nothing new. Over my years working within Government, and as a contractor for Government, I’ve heard them called many things such as “Swat Teams," “Tiger Teams,” and “Special Project Units” just to name a few. Whatever you call your cross-functional team, they can bring both powerful synergy and destructive conflict to an organization. As you set up your cross-functional team, here are three simple things you can do to bolster its success.
Health CareBuild Adaptive Capacity
May 1, 2014
Glenda Eoyang asks her audience to consider three questions about current reform efforts in education and health care. What? do healthcare and education have in common? So what? do we know about the “form” of radical and effective reform? Now what? are implications for communities, institutions, professionals, and consumers?
Build Adaptive Capacity
November 14, 2013
Glenda Eoyang talks about Stretch and Fold as a path to resilience. She provides examples and ways she has seen people use the concept of Stretch and Fold in their organizations. Then she invites the audience to consider their own sticky issues in light of this question.
Build Adaptive Capacity
In today’s blog post, Glenda Eoyang explores options for action when we feel stuck with the challenges we face in the world today.
December 6, 2018
Tomorrow rushes toward you, sometimes faster than the speed of thought. You don’t know what to pay attention to. You don’t know what to ignore? How can you inoculate yourself against being overwhelmed by the rate of change?
HSD helps you catch your own “case” of Incurable Curiosity. Inquire deeply into the present so you can prepare for the future.
October 4, 2018
You are encouraged to innovate, yet you are held to high standards. You are asked to stretch the boundaries, but then get second-guessed when you do. Goals about innovation are often outweighed by the culture of the organization. On the one side, you invite risk; on the other you avoid it. How can you resolve this conundrum that creates dissonance at all scales of your life?
HSD helps you balance rules and expectations with innovation to create workplaces and communities of the future.
August 2, 2018
Learning today is not about knowing all the answers. It’s about being an expert learner and inviting others to be expert learners, too. Parents help children navigate their world. Managers and executives supervise workers. Community leaders invite neighbors to work together. Experienced workers help new employees learn the ropes. How do you learn those skills? How do you help others learn?
HSD offers ways to build your capacity to become a master learner and a generative doer.