By Cyd Weissman Jewish communal leaders are becoming champions of reinvention, now regularly using Design Thinking and Lean Startup methods to re-imagine the Jewish landscape. In my own quest not to suffer a failure of imagination when creating anew I’ve gone as far as l … [Read more...] about Collaboration Across Difference: An Innovation Power Tool
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Planned Serendipity
The January issue of Sh’ma Now explores the Jewish sensibility of “chavruta/learning partnerships - whether the traditional study method of the beit midrash could be applied to other arenas where we work in partnered ways. What might we draw and apply from the pedagogy of cha … [Read more...] about Planned Serendipity
Story of a Collaboration – Part 2
By Abby Levine and Dara Steinberg Back in September 2016 we shared with you The Uncertain Road: Story of a Collaboration - Part 1. We billed it as “the first chapter of a story about collaboration” - wanting to share in-the-moment thoughts and observations from both the per … [Read more...] about Story of a Collaboration – Part 2
The Potential Power and Pitfalls of Partnerships: Two Case Studies
By Ramie Arian and Daniel Perla Research on strategic alliances and business partnerships indicates that at least 70% of them fail to deliver their intended outcome. It seems almost too obvious to state, but it’s also very easy to overlook, that true, meaningful, inter-agency c … [Read more...] about The Potential Power and Pitfalls of Partnerships: Two Case Studies
Kehillah and Collaboration
by Debbie Nahshon It seems to me that there are an awful lot of Jewish communal projects out there that are eager to get publicity and attention, before they’ve shown a real track record. New organizations that are particularly publicity savvy - or, rather, invest valuable t … [Read more...] about Kehillah and Collaboration
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