| Engaging with Evidence | Cross-sector collaboration: Insights from a leaders' Playbook

For the nineteenth session of Engaging with Evidence, we looked at an exciting new publication on transformative cross-sector collaboration that the Whitehall and Industry Group and the Blavatnik School of Government have commissioned. The work by Ian Taylor and Nigel Ball, entitled ‘The Collaboration Playbook: A Leaders’ Guide to Cross-Sector Collaboration’, surfaces considerations for effective cross-sector collaboration, presenting tactics that draws on academic literature, thought leadership and case study examples from various contexts.

This session was joined by leaders who have been engaged in cross-sector collaboration and experts who have researched and taught on the subject. All speakers in this session were involved in contributing to the Collaboration Playbook project and each will speak about their experiences.

The speakers will be:

• Paul Morrison - CEO of the Planning Inspectorate
• Mike Adamson - CEO of the British Red Cross
• Anna Keeling - Former Managing Director, Boeing Defence UK
• Nigel Ball - Director of the Social Purpose Lab at UAL and Author of the Collaboration Playbook
• Cathy Butler - Head of Leadership at the Whitehall & Industry Group
• Ian Taylor - Author of the Collaboration Playbook and Research Associate at the Government Outcomes Lab, Blavatnik School of Government

Participants to the session had the opportunity to:

• Learn about the need for a collaboration guide.
• Hear how the collaboration playbook attempts to help leaders with cross-sector collaboration.
• Hear advice and opinions from organisational leaders from the private, public and third sectors who have been at the coalface of cross-sector collaboration.