NETWORK LEADERSHIP LAB INNOVATION EVALUATION REPORT
By Rachel Rosner and Madeline WanderExecutive Summary by Manuel PastorUSC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE)May 2015
Innovating Cross-MovementLeadership and Learning
EmergenceNetworksExperimentationCo-Creation
Linking in the Lab: Innovating Cross-Movement Leadership and Learning
LINKING IN THE LAB
INNOVATING CROSS-MOVEMENT LEADERSHIP AND LEARNINGNETWORK LEADERSHIP INNOVATION LAB EVALUATION REPORT
Network Leadership Innovation Lab Evaluation Report
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Acknowledgements
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Executive Summary
.....................................................................................................................................................3 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................3 What is the Lab? ........................................................................................................................................................4 What Have We Learned? ...........................................................................................................................................5 Where Do We Go from Here? ...................................................................................................................................6
Introduction
.................................................................................................................................................................7 Why Movement Networks Matter ............................................................................................................................9 The Network Leadership Innovation Lab ............................................................................................................12
The Lab Background
................................................................................................................................................14 The Co-Creation of the Lab ..................................................................................................................................14 Nuts and Bolts of the Lab ......................................................................................................................................16
Our Evaluator Lens
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The Story of the Lab
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The Container and Conditions for Network Leadership Learning and Innovation
........22 Embracing Co-creation and Trusting Emergence ...............................................................................................22 Sharing Frames for Understanding Our Work .....................................................................................................25 Growing a Values-Based Culture from the Inside Out ........................................................................................28 Seeding and Supporting Experimentation and Innovation ................................................................................31
Advancing the Lab Goals
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The Next Lab Phase
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Lessons and Recommendations for the Field
......................................................................................................40 Goal 1: Creating a Vibrant and Supportive Space ...............................................................................................40 Goal 2: Deeper and Shared Understanding of the Movement Context .............................................................42 Goal 3: Sharing Emergent Learning with the Field ..............................................................................................44
Conclusion
.................................................................................................................................................................47 Appendix A: Lab Principles ....................................................................................................................................49 Appendix B: Summary of Action Learning Projects .............................................................................................50 Appendix C: Sampling of Metrics from Original Evaluation Plan ........................................................................51 Appendix D: Lab-Related Activities .......................................................................................................................52
Appendix E: Design Team Proles
.........................................................................................................................54 References ...............................................................................................................................................................56 Endnotes .................................................................................................................................................................57
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