Collaborative Leadership in RSA Journal

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) has published two pieces about our work in their recent journal. The paper copy of the journal has an interview and profile of David Archer, and discusses why ‘strong characters are not always the best bosses’. The on-line version of...

Collaborative Leadership 360° feedback

One of the things that many people ask us when talking about collaboration is ‘What makes a good collaborative leader?’ Sometimes they are asking for themselves and the question is really – ‘Am I a good collaborative leader and what do I need to get better at?, and...

The lesson of slime mould – collaboration in tough times

The life form that really excites us from the collaborative point of view is pretty unprepossessing – it’s slime mould, the nasty reddish jelly-like stuff you sometimes find under half-rotted bark. Slime mould has fascinated scientists for decades. It’s hard to...

Collaborative Leadership book

Please leave your comments about the book, by David Archer and Alex Cameron. The book aims to promote the emerging body of knowledge on how to deliver results across boundaries and get more from your business critical relationships. We officially launched the book on...

Why we wrote the book

In the 8 years since we founded Socia we have seen Politicians and Directors putting more and more reliance on new forms of cross-organisational structures – there are called many things PFI, business partnerships, joint ventures, multi agency initiatives. But they...