Civil servants learn how to manage complexity
Op uitnodiging heeft Perspectivity een workshop over complexiteit verzorgd voor rijksambtenaren van diverse ministeries in Den Haag. De workshop is onderdeel van de leergang 'Van buiten naar binnen'. De workshop bestaat uit twee delen: Wat is...
Looking for common ground at WPI
Werk, Participatie en Inkomen (Work, Participation and Income) has been reorganised into separate columns a few years back. Although this happened, common ground on the content of their work has not disappeared. That is why the management board has asked to look for...
Complexity workshop for Port of Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam is dealing with major complex issues of this time, such as the depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution and climate change. At the same time, logistics chains, trade networks and regional economic sectors are becoming...
Learning by telling stories about participation in Amsterdam
As a follow-up to the multi-stakeholder lab 'Meedoen Werkt' (Participation Works) at the end of 2015, the whole stakeholder field came together again on the 12th of December 2016. The central question of the meeting was: "How do we strengthen and support each other on...
Perspectivity at Wharton
On 3 April, 2017, Perspectivity hosted the Nexus! Challenge at Wharton’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. The Kleiman Center at Wharton focuses on Energy Policy Innovation and promotes its application—creating opportunities for students, researchers, and...
Blog: Reflect & Adapt
How do you keep improving in a world that is constantly on the move? 'Reflective Communication Scrum', that is the name of the publication through which Betteke van Ruler, emeritus professor of communication science, introduced Scrum in The Netherlands....
Blog: “I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk”
Blog by Michael Donnelly, Perspectivity Enterprise partner in Norther Ireland I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk This is a quote by Roddy Doyle, one of Ireland's treasures. He writes dialogue, the best dialogue. Practically...
Starters4Communities Young Changemakers Community Event
On the 14th of March, Perspectivity teamed up with Starters4Communities to facilitate one of their Young Changemakers Community events. Starters4Communities works on social innovation with people who are starting out on the labour market. For their community, they...
Co-creating for civic space in The Spindle
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Nine building blocks for creating collective impact in complexity
Complex challenges are journeys of discovery, involving many actors and factors that are intertwined. The result of their interaction is unpredictable. Fortunately we can deal with complexity in a sensible way!
Perspectivity has developed a transformation tool to help you navigate complexity. Our Complexity Navigator is made up of nine building blocks. Each block is a stepping stone on the journey to create collective impact. The extent to which you need each block depends on the situation.