Watershed Partnerships
Whether you are pursuing a public-private partnership or considering cooperation with your competitors, Watershed Partnerships will bring you useful stories of breakthrough collaborations to build great communities. Our in-depth conversations with seasoned leaders in community organizations and anchor institutions – working in healthcare, local government, higher education, and natural resources management -- will reveal why it is smart to align assets and share credit with your competitors to get great things done. Based on thirty years of experience counseling strategic partnerships, we will explore successful collaborations in water resources management, workforce development, equity and racial justice, and place-making infrastructure, and always offer three take-aways to consider in your work.
Episodes
4 episodes
Leading by Sharing the Credit: community collaboration builds success for everyone
Megan Remark is the leader of one of America’s most successful hospitals and – not by coincidence – a cooperative collaborator who is not preoccupied with who gets the credit for success. In this episode, Remark explains why the murder of...
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Where is the love? Seitu Jones on tending the soil of community
Seitu Jones is a prolific public artist and truly integrative, visionary leader. In this episode, we’ll discover the sources of his passion for creative expression and leading social change. From the Civil Rights movement...
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Pivotal Moment of Choice: Choosing to be a transformational neighbor
Paul Pribbenow is a social ethics scholar, President of Augsburg University, and leader in a global movement of ‘anchor institutions’ seeking empowering relationships with their neighbors. In this episode, we’ll learn how a campus tragedy promp...
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