Posted by Steve Waddell in Leadership on December 28, 2010

Leadership in multi-stakeholder networks must deal with complexity. This contrasts with complicated where there are many moving parts such as with getting a person on the moon, but the moving parts are for the most part controllable and predictable. With…

Seven Complexity Implications for Multi-Stakeholder Networks

Posted by Steve Waddell in Communications, Leadership, Learning, M&E on December 21, 2010

Learning to work with complexity is absolutely essential for people working with multi-stakeholder networks. It’s key to effective leadership, network development, impact measurement, communications, and change strategies. A multi-stakeholder change network developing all these for a complicated rather than complex…

Empower Your Leaderful Network with the Four C’s

Posted by Guest Blogger Joe Raelin in Leadership on November 23, 2010

Joe is a leading thinker, author, educator and consultant in the leadership field. About 18 years ago I met him when he was on the business faculty at Boston College; he’s now at Northeastern University. We worked closely together with the executive management program, Leadership for Change. I continually have been impressed by his thoughtful and principled approach to leadership, and his formulation of the concept of “leaderful practice” as an approach perfect for networks. - Steve

Taking Sustainable Agriculture and Food to a New Level of Development

Posted by Steve Waddell in Change, Leadership, Net Dev on September 28, 2010

Transforming the agriculture and food system into a sustainable one is something some smart and diverse people have been working on for some time. I’ve been talking with them over the past year, and it seems to me that the system is ready for a new stage of development…but there are several blockages that need addressing.

Network Leadership and How to Connect Differences

Posted by Steve Waddell in Leadership on July 27, 2010

Probably no skill is as central to multi-stakeholder networks as the ability to connect across differences. For Global Action Networks (GANs), this means connecting between individuals and organizations with diverse cultures and ways of perceiving the world. And it brings up difficult-to-talk-about topics like “love” and “the spiritual”.