If a collaboration does not involve sponsors or champions, it misses the opportunity to benefit from the unique influence that these individuals provide.
In two innovative programs in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, startups get the chance to work with government agencies to help solve complex city challenges.
Collaboration partners may have biases that influence their determination of what facts are relevant to the issue at hand, of what “the problem” really is.
The Navigation Center in San Francisco unites various government agencies to offer centralized services to the city’s long-term homeless population.
In this intersector collaboration DEM and IDEO partnered with hundreds of businesses and nonprofits over a period of three years to create SF72.
The SF72-Nextdoor partnership withstood its first test during a March five-alarm fire that engulfed and ultimately brought down a six-story building.