In honor of the young leaders who are drawing attention to the ecological and existential crisis of climate change, this week of Sept 20-27, we want to share a vision for leadership and governance for the next decade. We believe that those involved in...
We know many of you are looking for tools and structures to achieve equity, transparency, shared leadership, and forward momentum– i.e., collaborative governance So, this summer, we are developing and offering a pilot version of a Collaborative Governance...
Across the U.S. and Canada, multi-stakeholder collaborative networks are addressing the systemic issues and wicked problems that cannot be solved by any one organization or institution alone. In the past 5 years here at Circle Forward, we’ve been working with these...
Part 1: Equity and Consent in Collaborative Networks In every area of public concern, we are seeing organizations from all sectors of society — non-profit, business, government and community — digging in to the hard, deep work of equity. The need for...
When we met John Winnenburg, at the Appalachian Studies Association conference last year, the Winding Road initiative was in transition. “We started out with a participatory vision, but then, politics and personalities started to dominate. We weren’t creating the...
We want to express our gratitude to the people who do the very important work of addressing how our food systems impact our health, communities, lands and waterways. This is long-term, complex, and often under-appreciated work. Starting with Equity from the Outset...
