Exploring the new world: practical insights for funding, commissioning and managing in complexity

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Exploring the new world: practical insights for funding, commissioning and managing in complexity
Abstract
The world is complex. If we want to contribute to creating positive social outcomes, we must learn to embrace this complexity. This is the New World that funders and commissioners are discovering: • People are complex: everyone’s life is different, everyone’s strengths and needs are different. • The issues we care about are complex: issues – like homelessness – are tangled and interdependent. • The systems that respond to these issues are complex: the range of people and organisations involved in creating ‘outcomes’ in the world are beyond the management control of any person or organisation. Building on the findings from our previous report, A Whole New World, we have spent the last 12 months working with a growing movement of funders, public sector commissioners, and organisations working on the ground to begin to explore this New World: to find examples of practice that will help people to navigate it effectively. This report explores the key features of their response: working in a way that is human, prioritises learning and takes a systems approach.
Place
Newcastle
Institution
Collaborate & Newcastle University
Date
2019-06-25
Language
en
Short Title
Exploring the new world
Accessed
08/08/2019, 22:17
Citation
Lowe, T., & Plimmer, D. (2019). Exploring the new world: practical insights for funding, commissioning and managing in complexity. Collaborate & Newcastle University. https://collaboratecic.com/exploring-the-new-world-practical-insights-for-funding-commissioning-and-managing-in-complexity-20a0c53b89aa