Networking Action

Sub-Sahara Lessons on Multi-Stakeholder Processes

Steve Waddell — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:59:17 PDT

About 30 people from 10 countries met last week in Johannesburg for a couple of days to share lessons about “multi-stakeholder processes for systemic change” (MSP4Change), take stock of the state of capacity and think about how to significantly enhance …

A Big System Organizing Method

Steve Waddell — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:57:05 PDT

We need new methodologies to develop networks. Our usual tools of interviews, mapping, dialogues and the growing range of meeting processes can’t deliver the scale and handle the complexity that characterize many of the pressing issues of today. And they’re …

Workshop for Multi-Stakeholder Networks

Steve Waddell — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:58:59 PDT

People working in multi-stakeholder networks and academics analyzing them will gather for three days to deepen their ability to contribute to networks’ effectiveness. These networks, particularly in their global form of Global Action Networks (GANs) are at the leading edge …

Design Guidelines to Address Global Challenges: Lessons from Global Action Networks

Steve Waddell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:50:43 PDT

(Forthcoming). Design Guidelines to Address Global Challenges: Lessons from Global Action Networks. Organizational Design

Abstract: Traditional organizations appear incapable of adequately addressing critical global issues such as war, climate change, and inequality. Addressing these issues suggests the …

Innovation and Learning Networks and Free Actors

Steve Waddell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:59:38 PDT

The idea of “Free Actors in Networks” (FANs) is useful for any type of network, but arose with innovation and learning ones. A Dutch colleague, Eelke Wielinga, introduced me to the “FAN Approach” to network development that arose …

Government to Networked Governance: A global trend

Steve Waddell — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:59:49 PDT

Networked governance is greatly increasing in importance and influence. That’s highlighted in a recent report to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) titled Networks for Prosperity: Achieving Development Goals through Knowledge Sharing. And what are the implications for …

The GOLDEN Global Network Sustainability Change Strategy

Steve Waddell — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:59:15 PDT

For over a year I’ve been working with an emerging academic research center – business network called GOLDEN. It has produced a very powerful strategy to realize the depth, speed and focus necessary to transform business into sustainable enterprises.…

Multi-Stakeholder Networks: Netherlands July 1-3

Steve Waddell — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:53:48 PDT

I’ll be a keynote speaker and leading a workshop at the 19th Annual Conference on Multi-Organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks (MOPAN). The workshop is organized as one of 11 “academic” tracks, but is being designed with network practitioners based on …

Network Health as “Harmonic Vibrancy”: Analyze your network

Steve Waddell — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:55:17 PDT

Most multi-stakeholder networks are taking on pretty daunting challenges: climate change, corruption, sustainability, health, water, food security… What is critical to their success? A new perspective on this, accompanied by a very simply administered test, is offered with the concept …

Virtual Collaboration Tools for Networks, Participation, Transparency

Steve Waddell — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:35:48 PST

A survey of a half dozen global networks revealed that their use of virtual collaboration tools is amazingly rudimentary. A couple of colleagues and I discovered that when identifying tools for GOLDEN to use. We wanted virtual platforms to support …