20 years ago, Tema Okun wrote the article, "White Supremacy Culture Characteristics," an article deeply informed by her relationships...

Luzette and Russ joined Liz Weaver from Tamarack Institute for an intimate conversation about how dominant cultural norms impair...

If you or anyone you know is aspiring to lead organizations into a livable future, we share this inspiring new resource with you....

In this justice oriented and joyful wayfinding session, we explored the wisdom rooted in ecological connections and the healing refrains...

“History is not the past, it is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history.” — James Baldwin “...personal problems are...

The Zulu meaning of the word Ubuntu is “I am because we are, therefore, because we are I am,” giving witness to the fact that we exist...

We were very pleased to talk story with Hawaiian elder Aunty Pua and hear a call from our ancestors to behave as 'ohana, Family, in this...

When it comes to people’s approaches to collaboration, there seem to be three general schools of thought: The “Collaboration-is-a-giant-m...

Presented in partnership with Marta Ceroni from The Donella Meadows Project at the Academy for Systems Change. ​ At a time so deeply...

A virtual panel discussion on "Social Labs and Collaborative Approaches to Systems Change" with Russ Gaskin of CoCreative, Stephanie...

If you're leading systems change work, you will no doubt experience fear, conflict, resistance, and even failure at some point along your...

Moving your meetings and convenings online? We often assume that online meetings mean disengagement and boredom but some of our most...

Ever heard of "use of self"? It's the idea that we can use ourselves as powerful instruments of change in service of a greater good. But...

A story-based case study on effective virtual collaboration.

A clear and powerful shared intent is key to the success of any collaboration. In this session, Russ Gaskin and Sharon Simms explored how...

Collaborative Innovation is our process model and an integrated set of concrete tools to effectively lead powerful change with...

Do you wish you had a way to transform stuck-ness and confusion into innovation and engagement? How can you help people "see together" so...

Join us for this spicy and brief introduction to the Collaborative Innovation model that serves as the foundation for the work we do here...

This session archive is from Ashoka's Series on New Leadership and was recorded in May, 2019.

We don't strive to be different in our approach to collaboration, yet people are often surprised by the counterintuitive approaches we...