Innovation Mindset
How (and Why!) to Form New Collaborative Relationships to Tackle Civic Challenges
Led by: Adam Seth Levine
Join us for a 90-minute virtual workshop with Adam Levine, Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins, on the collaborative relationships needed to tackle civic challenges. New forms of collaboration don’t often happen on their own. Why not, and what can we do about it? During this workshop, participants will learn about the fundamentals of the science of collaboration, which helps explain why this "unmet desire” arises. Participants will learn about tools that are useful for surfacing unmet collaborative desire and then meeting it. Participants will have plenty of time to try the tools out themselves, in order to reflect upon the kinds of collaborative relationships with diverse thinkers that would help advance their own work. Participants will walk away from the workshop with an action plan for creating new collaborative relationships for their own work.
- Learn about collaborative relationships needed to tackle civic challenges
- Learn about the fundamentals of the science of collaboration
- Learn about tools that are useful for surfacing and meeting collaboration interests and needs
- Try the tools out and reflect upon the kinds of collaborative relationships with diverse thinkers that would help advance your own work
- Walk away from the workshop with an action plan for creating new collaborative relationships for your own work
- This workshop content is based on research and actionable tools discussed Levine's new book, Collaborate Now! How Expertise Becomes Useful in Civic Life
Adam Seth Levine
SNF Agora Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University
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