Since we launched The Patterson Foundation’s vision in 2010, we haven’t been shy about sharing our core value: we build connective tissue to create new realities. One aspect of this includes seeking conversations with leaders within and beyond the philanthropy … Continue reading
This marks blog No. 30 for The Patterson Foundation’s (TPF) Collaborative Restructuring Initiative and a time for ‘spections’….intro and retro…. I arrived in the blogging world kicking and screaming, made all the more frightening by the expectation to produce a … Continue reading
I’ve devoted several blogs to the Lodestar Foundation’s Collaboration Prize, a virtual treasure trove of information. Kudos to the Lodestar Foundation for initiating the prize and big thank you for housing the data in a user-friendly searchable database at the … Continue reading
” ‘Smelling isn’t everything,’ said the Elephant. ‘Why,’ said the Bulldog, ‘if a fellow can’t trust his nose, what is he to trust?’ ‘Well, his brains perhaps,’ she replied mildly.” – C. S. Lewis Yesterday was my wedding anniversary. As … Continue reading
What is collaboration? Are the 10 people in the photo above linked together by pure strength or is there a measure of coordination/collaboration involved? Wikipedia (my new favorite information source) has a pretty good, but wordy, definition: Collaboration is a … Continue reading