Written by James Ede and Rowan Simonsen, 34 pages
A new resource is available on ‘Groundwork and the Nature of Organising – a Practice Guide’. The principle of Groundwork Practice is applicable to Landcare at all levels when seeking collaboration and establishing projects including on-ground projects and designing the new coordinator program.
Groundwork is setting and cultivating conditions to provide for successful engagement in conversations and collaboration. The investment in preparation of ‘the space’ to allow for effective collaboration is vital to set the conditions to bring about change.
Six foundations of effective collaboration have been identified through Groundwork Practice, all of which are important and compromise the collaboration if weak or missing:
- Purpose – Defining the need and purpose of the project
- Cultural – The relationships and the cultural practices, often not recognised, that underpin these
- Strategic – Providing the shared focus and direction for our shared work
- Structural – The structures and necessary functions we work within
- Practical – How we implement and execute decisions
- Economic – The resourcing we have available, and the ethical use of these, whatever form they take.
