The Gateshead Bridgebuilder Diaries: 2. Recruiting Bridgebuilders
The Gateshead Community Bridgebuilder project has been running since early 2020. The work has been muddy and confusing, and we have been...
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Our work is typically complex and often crazy and disorientating, but that's the nature of working with systems and it does all link together. This is what we're currently involved in and how we think we see the links.
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Our work is typically complex and often crazy and disorientating, but that's the nature of working with systems and it does all link together. This is what we're currently involved in and how we think we see the links.
Click on parts of the map to find out more (unfortunately not available on mobiles).
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Andy
- Aug 9
- 6 min
The Gateshead Bridgebuilder Diaries: 1. Why do we need bridgebuilders?
The Gateshead Community Bridgebuilder project has been running since early 2020. The work has been muddy and confusing, and we have been...
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Abby
- Aug 2
- 3 min
The Facilitating Bravery Initiative (FBI): seeking disrupter partners
· Do you think that ‘the way we’ve always done it’ is good enough? · Do you, your colleagues and applicants love your...
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Andy
- May 4
- 7 min
Leadership, inclusion, and consent - or why we need leadership to change radically
For genuine transformation to happen, someone has to be the first to take that precarious and vulnerable leap into the unknown.
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Abby
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
Rail Travel and Person-Centred System Design
I’ve been involved in the Campaign for Family Friendly Trains since autumn 2021. Our ask is simple; that trains are designed to...
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Anya
- Apr 13, 2022
- 5 min
Unlearning hierarchy
At CIA, we are asking the question, ‘what happens when you remove organisational hierarchy?’ How do things work and how does it look?
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Stu Dexter
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Here's to having an opinion
In these strange and terrible times, we all need to voice our opinions; to challenge injustice, shine a light on the flaws in the system...
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Stu Dexter
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
The Case for Anti-Leadership
When I became a charity CEO back in January 2010 there was no training manual. I had picked up some of the technical stuff over the...
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Abby
- Jan 4, 2022
- 4 min
What we’re taking from 2021, what we’re leaving behind
2021 was a big year for the Collective Impact Agency (CIA). We grew from one permanent member of staff to a team of five, we took on a...
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Christine Frazer (Guest)
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
Lightening the Burden of Fear
At some point in our lives, we all face fear. It is the feeling that makes us want to run, to hide, to stop, to not try, to give up. Fear...
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Anya
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
VCSE orgs - let’s start Going Green Together!
VCSE organisations have a unique opportunity to tackle the climate crisis and contribute to systemic change.
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Anya
- Oct 13, 2021
- 4 min
Healthy Systems: Strong Relationships, Strong Foundations
When I look at the world, I generally see it in two ways (usually at the same time). On the one hand, whilst I don't like to admit my...
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Stu Dexter
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Deprogramming Dexter
Or 'from weirdo to professional and back again' In school I was seen as ‘Stu the weirdo’. Long hair, earrings, flamboyant clothes,...
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Mary Ward
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Why I'm excited to join the CIA
I’m coming to work with the Collective Impact Agency (CIA) next month, and I can’t wait, but it’s an unusual excitement. Usually, when...
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Abby
- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
Tackling Male Entitlement, One Conversation At A Time
Abby's Story It was half 10 on a Wednesday night when I picked up my phone, crying, to message my friends. The news had just broken about...
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Abby
- Aug 26, 2021
- 5 min
The Trouble With Having Values
Hands up, who works for, or has worked for, an organisation that has organisational values? Like mission statements and vision...
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Anya
- Aug 5, 2021
- 5 min
Sanctuary for the Troublemakers
I joined the Collective Impact Agency (CIA) back in April of this year. As I look back over my first quarter here I’d love to share some...
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Andy
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
How Organisations Can Learn To Learn
Recently, I delivered a talk called ‘The roles of learning and emotions in systems change.’ (If you’re interested in watching the...
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Anya
- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
Crossing Out The Accessibility Tick-Box
Accessibility is a word we’re all familiar with, that is regularly used and regularly misunderstood. It is often a last-minute addition...
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Andy
- Apr 28, 2021
- 4 min
How "Lived Experience" fails lived experience
I find myself feeling quite uncomfortable about the way many of the discussions about ‘lived experience’ are playing out these days. To...
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