Collaborative

Collaborates and connects, acting as part of an ecosystem while celebrating its uniqueness.

◆ What good looks like

Understands its role in the wider system; builds the relationships needed to deliver purpose; collaboration is strategic and generative; learns from partnerships that falter.

What erodes it

Isolation; transactional or unexamined partnerships; no view of the wider system.

The maturity ladder

Emerging → Developing → Mastering

Emerging

Works largely alone.

Developing

Building intentional relationships.

Mastering

Strategic, generative collaboration as part of a wider ecosystem.

Questions to sit with

at the level of your organisation

AnticipateHow well do we understand our role in the wider community and sector?

PrepareWhich relationships — internal or external — will be needed to deliver our purpose in future?

AdaptHow do we judge the success of collaborations, and what have we learnt from partnerships that faltered?