by laurav | Jun 9, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
We’ve all seen the movie: One charismatic leader sees the light, changes their point of view, and transformation magically occurs. But in the social impact sector, one leader making a mindset shift is rarely enough. Our work is too interdependent, too relational, and...
by laurav | May 27, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
Collaboration is no longer a luxury. In today’s landscape, few organizations can be all things to all people. We’ve seen it across every sector: the most urgent community needs, from food security to cultural preservation, are too complex to be solved by any one...
by Carlo Cuesta | Apr 21, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Feature, Feature-HHS
During this chaotic time, social impact leaders have a new task in front of them: metabolizing disruption. This is the work of discerning signal from noise, deepening relationships when funding is uncertain, and protecting people, resources, and values while the...
by Carlo Cuesta | Mar 18, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Uncategorized
At the end of a long strategic planning retreat, there’s a moment our team at Creation in Common has come to recognize well. The room is tired—deeply, honestly tired—from a day spent in creative collaboration. People have stretched beyond their usual roles, listened...
by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 5, 2026 | Collaboration
By Carlo Cuesta Life in Minneapolis/St. Paul has been turbulent in this dawn of a new year. But we have been deeply inspired by our community’s response to recent traumatic events. At a time when things are so terribly wrong, when you’d expect people to feel paralyzed...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jan 21, 2026 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
When fear has unfettered access to our community, the first thing to go is our creative capacity. The ability to imagine and take action toward a just and equitable future is displaced by an obsession to get back to normal, to shelter and protect what we have, or get...
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