Collective Impact
A collaboration approach for cross-sector work around a common agenda, shared measurement, mutually reinforcing activity, communication and backbone support.
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Systems Change and Place-Based Change
Tools for understanding complexity, local ecosystems, system conditions and place-based collaboration.
How to use this cluster: Treat these frameworks as lenses. Start with the practical question you need to answer, then choose the framework that clarifies the next decision without flattening local context.
Frameworks in this cluster
Systems Thinking
A way of understanding patterns, relationships, feedback loops and structures rather than treating problems as isolated events.
Source: Systems practice field / Systems Innovation resources
Place-Based Change
An approach to change rooted in the relationships, assets, institutions and lived realities of a specific local area.
Source: Place-based change and collective impact practice field
Cluster questions
- What problem are we trying to understand more clearly?
- Which people should help interpret this framework in context?
- What would responsible use look like in practice?
- What claims would be too strong for the evidence we currently have?
Use the framework selection tool or return to the full library.