Equity and Consent in Collaborative Networks
n every area of public concern, we are seeing organizations from all sectors of society — non-profit, business, government and community — digging in to the hard, deep work of equity. The need for equity and inclusion, across race, gender, age, geography, and more, becomes acute when these diverse stakeholders from those multiple sectors come together in collaborative networks to address complex issues and wicked problems from a whole systems perspective.
How decisions get made, and who participates in those decisions, is a key indicator for equity. Past articles have identified the breakthrough that the Consent-based governance offers to groups who want to integrate the wisdom and power of diverse people to shape their work together.
