Manu

I. Systems Leaders

Systems leaders are trusted actors who help many people to collaborate to address wicked policy problems. These policy problems resist simple solutions by a few powerful actors in one center of government

II. Challenge

Systems change is disruptive to the usual ways of thinking and acting, which means that systems leadership is diffi... See more

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