How to build a test and learn approach – autumn learning series
Are you grappling with how you can embed a test and learn approach to your work? Is it challenging to know where to begin or…
Leading Greater Essex: impact for 2024 cohort
Collaborate facilitated the 2024 cohort of Leading Greater Essex (LGE), building on the success of previous cohorts, but also adding further developments, to enhance and…
Evaluating systems change (during the pandemic): Lessons for Save the Children’s Early Learning Communities Programme
This is the second in a series of joint blogs by Collaborate and NPC. It has been posted on both organisation’s websites. In a previous blog, we set…
Evaluating systems change: developing a Maturity Model for Save the Children’s Early Learning Communities
Since Autumn 2019, Collaborate and NPC have been working as learning and evaluation partners to Save the Children’s Early Learning Communities. Our partnership combines Collaborate’s…
Building shared purpose: Rethinking learning and accountability
Following on from our recent blog post on the principles that can underpin a new approach to learning and accountability, here we explore the imperative and opportunity…
Seven principles for a new approach to learning and accountability
In 2019, GO Lab and Collaborate CIC (with Northumbria University) each published reports which explored the move towards systemic and collaborative working locally: Collaborate and Newcastle Business…
COVID-19: Why and how organisations can learn now to shape the future
COVID-19: Why and how organisations can learn now to shape the future COVID-19 has created a burning platform for change that is requiring local stakeholders…
Building a Collaborative Society: Cooperative by design
Collaborate has a resolution for 2019: to be bold about the future we want to create. Specifically, what a #CollaborativeSociety could look like, how you build it, and…
Embracing complexity to do what’s best for people
Toby Lowe and Dawn Plimmer discuss funding, commissioning and managing services in a world where relationships rather than KPIs or simplistic numerical targets are what…
Collaboration Readiness
Why it matters, how to build it, and where to start There is a growing credibility gap across government and public services. Big transformational agendas…