The santa cruz mountain stewardship network brings together 24 different organizations to collectively steward half a million acres of land. They have advanced an initiative called cutting green tape, which has since been taken up by the california secretary for natural resources. The San mateo resource conservation district sent its staff across county lines to help with post fire recovery work.
Social networks aren’t new. Humans have always gathered together and forged communities. But deliberately organizing those networks around shared principles, shared context, and a shared purpose is a powerful way we can help address some of the world’s most complex problems. A system that brings individuals and organizations together for learning and collaborative action is what David Ehrlichman calls an “impact network,” a scaled-out (rather than scaled-up) approach to creating greater change. In fact, David wrote the book on the subject—Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change—which is why we invited him onto the podcast to talk about planning for emergence, unlearning command-and-control models, and the five activities all impact networks leverage to successfully co-create at scale.
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