Phase 5. Achieving Transformation

Welcome to Achieving Transformation! This phase of the Collaborative Change Cycle is all about embedding new ways of working for long-term change to shift the underlying design of the system that held the problem in place.

 

What you might see

  • There is a genuine movement for change that is sustainable and ongoing;
  • Resentment of strong and long-term community leaders (there is a risk that community leadership, structures and processes become fixed, and/or that some community members are perceived to have special status);
  • Sustained community leadership, control and engagement;
  • Community holding service providers and government to account;
  • Community decision-making embedded in the initiative;
  • Government agencies sharing evidence and stories about the impact of community leadership to achieve systems change;
  • Community actively self-organising in support of the agenda.    

 

 

What you can do

  • Provide ongoing opportunities for new and existing community leaders to develop and have influence;
  • Facilitate ongoing community participation in all aspects of the work, including decision-making groups, working groups, community participation activities, as well as paid and unpaid work;
  • Promote the role and contribution of community members in preparing for and achieving transformation.

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A key tool to depersonalise and look at systemic ‘voices’ or positions in the collaboration is by identifying ‘roles’. This video explores how to deepen the work by shifting or taking up other roles. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.

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5. Achieving Transformation

Step 5 of Deep Collaboration looks at the nuanced skills of facilitating ‘Hot spots’ – naturally occurring points of tension signalling potential breakthrough in a collaboration. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.

Deep Collaboration

5. Achieving Transformation

Working with conflict is important in the work of Deep Collaboration – and challenging. This video discusses ‘Hotspots’ – what they look and feel like and what to do when they happen. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.

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5. Achieving Transformation

This resource contains a curated a list of papers, tools and resources for effective community engagement and movement building.

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