Creating a Culture of Collaboration

The Editor Sandy Schuman is a group facilitator, collaborative process advocate, and storyteller. He helps groups create shared meaning, make critical choices, and build collaborative relationships. He is the editor of The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation (from Jossey-Bass) and Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal and moderates Grp-Facl, the Electronic Discussion on Group Facilitation. Schuman is an associate of the Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY. His consulting firm is Executive Decision Services. Contact him at www.exeds.com.

• Preface xxiiiSandy Schuman1 Five Transformational Leaders Discuss What They’ve Learned 1Sam KanerPart One: The Bases of Collaboration2 Renewing Social Capital: The Role of Civil Dialogue 41James M. Campbell3 The Development of Cross-Sector Collaborations in a Social Context of Low Trust 55Mladen Koljatic, Mónica Silva, Eduardo Valenzuela4 Exploring the Dynamics of Collaboration in Interorganizational Settings 69Ignacio J. Martinez-Moyano5 Equity, Diversity, and Interdependence: A New Driver for Societal Transformation 87Michael Murray, Brendan Murtagh6 What Keeps It Together: Collaborative Tensility in Interorganizational Learning 105Hilary Bradbury, Darren Good, Linda Robson7 Make-or-Break Roles in Collaboration Leadership 129Mirja P. HansonPart Two: Approaches to Collaboration8 Sense Making and the Problems of Learning from Experience: Barriers and Requirements for Creating Cultures of Collaboration 151Gervase R. Bushe9 Metaphors at Work: Building Multiagency Collaboration Through a Five-Stage Process 173Carol Sherriff, Simon Wilson10 Utilizing Uncertainty 193Kim Sander Wright11 Sustainable Cooperative Processes in Organizations 211Dale Hunter12 Is Your Organization an Obstacle Course or a Relay Team? A Meaning-Centered Approach to Creating a Collaborative Culture 229Paul T. P. Wong13 Practical Dialogue: Emergent Approaches for Effective Collaboration 257Rosa Zubizarreta14 Using the Facilitative Leader Approach to Create an Organizational Culture of Collaboration 281Roger Schwarz15 Use of Self in Creating a Culture of Collaboration 304Ante Glavas, Claudy Jules, Ellen Van OostenPart Three: Collaboration in Action16 Collaboration for Social Change: A Theory and a Case Study 322Cynthia Silva Parker, Linda N. Guinee, J. Courtney Bourns, Jennifer Fischer-Mueller, Marianne Hughes, Andria Winther17 Theory in Action: Building Collaboration in a County Public Agency 345Jamie O. Harris, David Straus18 Leadership for the Common Good 367John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby19 Using Deliberative Democracy to Facilitate a Local Culture of Collaboration: The Penn’s Landing Project 399William J. Ball20 Avoiding Ghettos of Like-Minded People: Random Selection and Organizational Collaboration 419Lyn Carson21 Involving Multiple Stakeholders in Large-Scale Collaborative Projects 435Tasos Sioukas, Marilyn SweetAppendix: Collaborative Values, Principles, and Beliefs 449Key Concepts 469Index 479