Preparing interdisciplinary leadership for a sustainable future
| Autor: | Mark New, Jennifer A. Dunne, Alison Miller, Anthony C. Janetos, Paul Dodd, Gabriele Bammer, Gabriele Wendorf, Paul M. Bertsch, Arun Agrawal, Kamal Bawa, Ken Taylor, Jessica J. Hellmann, Iain J. Gordon, Steward T. A. Pickett, Christopher G. Boone, Colin Campbell, David Hart, Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto, Hein Mallee |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
Learning from failure Knowledge management 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Sociology and Political Science Status quo media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Leadership Collaborative leadership Political science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation media_common Sustainable development Global and Planetary Change Ecology business.industry Monitoring and evaluation Lessons learned Interdisciplinary organization Successful programs Sustainability Original Article business Transdisciplinary |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Science |
| ISSN: | 1862-4057 1862-4065 |
| Popis: | Urgent sustainability challenges require effective leadership for inter- and trans-disciplinary (ITD) institutions. Based on the diverse experiences of 20 ITD institutional leaders and specific case studies, this article distills key lessons learned from multiple pathways to building successful programs. The lessons reflect both the successes and failures our group has experienced, to suggest how to cultivate appropriate and effective leadership, and generate the resources necessary for leading ITD programs. We present two contrasting pathways toward ITD organizations: one is to establish a new organization and the other is to merge existing organizations. We illustrate how both benefit from a real-world focus, with multiple examples of trajectories of ITD organizations. Our diverse international experiences demonstrate ways to cultivate appropriate leadership qualities and skills, especially the ability to create and foster vision beyond the status quo; collaborative leadership and partnerships; shared culture; communications to multiple audiences; appropriate monitoring and evaluation; and perseverance. We identified five kinds of resources for success: (1) intellectual resources; (2) institutional policies; (3) financial resources; (4) physical infrastructure; and (5) governing boards. We provide illustrations based on our extensive experience in supporting success and learning from failure, and provide a framework that articulates the major facets of leadership in inter- and trans-disciplinary organizations: learning, supporting, sharing, and training. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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