We are excited to make this thought paper, authored by Dorothy Air and Henry Pavey, available to the Venn Community!
Be sure to ownload Navigating Partnerships in a Post-COVID World—How to Create and Leverage Better Partnerships in a Shifting Landscape.
Once you've had a chance to review the paper, continue the conversation here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on any or all of the questions explored in the thought paper:
- What gains and losses have you experienced in your partnership work because of the pandemic? Are there items on each side of the list that provide insights about how to move forward?
- The spoken, known, but unspoken, and unknown categories are useful in considering leadership (for the leaders themselves and those who work with them). If you think about these elements in your context, what are the implications, and what needs to be addressed to improve partnerships?
- Has the pandemic brought to the surface partnership goals that you have always aimed for? If so, has this affected your strategic focus? Has your lens on the ideal characteristics of partnerships changed in any other ways?
- Developers, Managers, and Leaders exist in all partnership contexts, even if they are not formally recognized or called by those terms. Who plays these roles in your partnerships? What is their expertise for this role? And is this role compatible with their other duties? Do any of the bulleted items listed above have implications for their work?