Transcript CoP: The Partnership Way

Community of Practice:
The Partnership Way
IDEA Partnership
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“In theory, there is
no difference
between theory
and practice …in
practice…
there is….”
YOGI BERRA
How Do We See Our Challenges?
• Technical Challenge
Requires information, knowledge or tools
• Adaptive Challenge
Requires understanding and a willingness to make
behavior changes
Source: Heifetz and Lisky
Real, Sustainable Change
 Learning that technical solutions are necessary
but often not sufficient
 Knowing when a persistent problem needs a
adaptive (human) solution
 Building adaptive (human) skills as a part of
strategy
Learning: The Evolving Picture
• From
o Knowledge lies in experts
o Formal processes
• With
o Knowledge lies in experts, practitioners and
consumers
o Collaborative processes
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Social Learning
We share in social learning to
• Share information, tips, documents
• Learn from each other
• Help each other with challenges
• Keep up with the field
• Stimulate change
• Create new kinds of capacity building
• … more
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Thinking Like a Partner:
The Strategic Value of Communities of Practice in Achieving Goals
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• Everyone has something to
share and everyone has
something to learn about our
most challenging issues.
• States and stakeholders are
turning varied perspectives into
strategies to change the way
we approach complex
problems together
Communities of Practice
Untapped knowledge
resides with those that are
closest to the work
To reveal opportunities and
gaps, leaders need the
engage those that have a
role in resolving persistent
problems
Real change requires that
leaders, implementers and
consumers build a shared
sense of purpose around the
change
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Forming a Community of Practice
• Based upon the work of Etienne Wenger
• Communities of Practice (COP) are groups
of people who share a concern or a
passion for something they do and learn
how to do it better as they interact
regularly.
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What Do Communities Do?
• Seek and invite others
doing shared work
• Share learnings within
organizations, agencies and
roles
• Share learnings across
organizations, agencies and
roles
• Decide to go things together
that will address a shared
concern
• Create new knowledge
grounded in ‘doing’ the
work
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COPs involve sharing....
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vision
passion
decision making
problem solving
knowledge
language
commitment
work
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CoPs are not successful because
of like-minded people,
they are successful because of
shared passion.
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The Partnership Approach to Community Building
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Leading by
convening
Doing work
together
Coalescing
around issues
Ensuring relevant
participation
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to
ensure changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
www.ideapartnership.org
The Partnership Approach to Community Building
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Leading by
convening
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to ensure
changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
www.ideapartnership.org
The Partnership Approach to Community Building
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Coalescing
around issues
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to ensure
changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
www.ideapartnership.org
www.ideapartnership.org
The Partnership Approach to Community Building
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
Ensuring relevant
participation
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to ensure
changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
www.ideapartnership.org
www.ideapartnership.org
The Partnership Approach to Community Building
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
Doing work
together
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to ensure
changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
www.ideapartnership.org
www.ideapartnership.org
The Partnership Approach to Community Building
CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way
New kinds of leadership
Translate complex challenges
into ways that individuals can
contribute
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Leading by
convening
Doing work
together
Coalescing
around issues
Ensuring relevant
participation
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
The right mix of stakeholders
Who must be involved to
ensure changes in practice?
Infrastructure for
the CoP
(c)2011 IDEA Partnership
www.ideapartnership.org
Building the Infrastructure
• Identity
• Communication
• Activity
• Progress
• Recognition
• Scanning for the emerging work
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Learning to Connect
www.sharedwork.org
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Defining Our Core
We are ______________________________________,
united in _____________________________________
to influence practice around _____________________
____________________________________________.
To accomplish this we :
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
__________________________________________.
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Defining Our Core
The members of the Community of Practice for MT’s
Integrated School Mental Health Expansion (ISMHE
or “Is Me”) are united in doing what is best for
families and youth to influence practice around the
integration and expansion of school mental health.
To accomplish this we will use practice groups that
meet regularly to support the use of Evidenced
Based Practices through gathering and sharing
information.
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What will success look like?
We will know we have been successful when
• All youth get the level of care they need
• Treatment decisions are data driven
• Systems are constantly evolving and sustained through
ongoing use of data
• State, local and individual mental health organizations
have a system to collect and analyze data
• All stakeholders are meaningfully involved
• Information is shared on WIKI and it influences
practices, decision-making, leadership and policy.
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CoP: Can We Commit to a New Way of Working?
Coalesce
around issues
Ensure
relevant
participation
Doing work
together
Leading by
convening
Consider the leadership change
Can we work as a CoP?
Decision to build a CoP
Where is the advantage?
Change in practice is needed
Problems persist
Many stakeholders
Many levels
Many sites
Differences
in perspective