People, purpose and power for a new era
New partnership approaches are needed to tackle the challenges at the heart of local government, say Chief Executive of Wigan Borough Alison McKenzie-Folan and Collaborate’s…
Moving away from ‘deliverology’
This article was originally published in the MJ, on the 18th June 2024 ‘I’ve been siloed for 39 and a half years!’ Thus said one of…
From ‘Me’ to ‘We’ — Lessons on leading as a systems activist
Tackling complex social problems requires you to act beyond the boundaries of your organisation to change the systems in which these problems are embedded. In…
Collaborative leadership for thriving places
By Anna Randle and Alex Khaldi | Originally published in The MJ on the 17th July 2019 The future of public services is about the power of place. There’s…
Collaborative leadership — making it everyone’s business
Last month, we facilitated a two-day collaborative leadership convention for 280 staff and board members from the 43 Active Partnerships across England, plus wider partners. Here we…
Leading public services today: It’s tough out there
One of the greatest privileges of my job is to run the Solace/Collaborate Ignite system leadership programme for local government chief executives. Through this work I get…
