Transforming Public Leadership for the 21 st Century Collaborative Leadership in Public Service CIGISP 2015 Ricardo S. Morse, Associate Professor UNC School of

“digital divide”

“middle mile problem”

WNC EdNet Partners: Southwestern Commission Western Region Education Service Alliance (WRESA) Jackson County Schools, Macon County Schools, Clay County Schools, Cherokee County Schools Graham County Schools, Swain County Schools Cherokee Tribal Schools, Southwestern Community College Western Carolina University, Tri County Community College Bill Gibson Roger Metcalf

“interorganizational collaboration is likely to be part of any innovation in the years ahead...creative problem solving in the public sector requires interorganizational collaboration far more often than not.” -Sandford Borins, University of Toronto and Harvard University

Collaboration: different organizations and individuals working together to accomplish something that could not be accomplished as well, or at all, working separately.

Three Forms of Public Sector Collaboration 1)Interagency and intergovernmental 2)Cross-sector (public-private partnerships) 3)Citizen collaboration or “co-production”

Transformation of Public Leadership Hierarchical Leadership Within boundaries Leaders “in charge” Leaders w/ “followers” Leaders have the answers Collaborative Leadership Across boundaries Nobody’s in charge Leaders as conveners Leaders as facilitators Hierarchy Collaboration

Look outside your box!

TRUST takes years to build, but only seconds to break

The POWER of SMALL WINS

Collaborative Principles Outsight Trusting relationships Shared vision Small wins

Qualities of Collaborative Leaders Passion for public good Systems-thinking Entrepreneurial Humility