Leadership for a Networked World

06/29/2021

Growth is one thing. Purposeful growth another. Can the two be linked? And what does it take to move not only an established firm but also its people to embrace the required change? One thing is certain – it’s not easy. Can we learn how to approach purposeful growth by applying lessons learned from a top innovator?

In this episode of the Chief Growth Officer Podcast, LNW Executive Director Antonio Oftelie talks with Adobe CFO John Murphy to explore how Adobe stays innovative by systematically working with customers to learn and sense what’s on the horizon, moves ideas through a framework that shakes out the winners from the losers, and harmonizes the organization’s capabilities and culture in order to best deliver results.

You can listen to the Chief Growth Officer podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on the LNW site here: https://lnwprogram.org/content/john-murphy-adobes-winning-play

09/01/2020

Have you ever wondered what it takes to create and lead a successful social enterprise? Now is your chance to learn from Joe Jones, Founder and CEO of the Center for Urban Families (CFUF).

In this episode of the Chief Growth Officer podcast, Joe talks with LNW Executive Director Antonio Oftelie about his passion for investing in the whole family -- to include oftentimes sidelined fathers -- shaped his vision for the Center and enabled outcomes that strengthen families and communities.

For over 20 years, Joe’s overarching goal has been to lift up and empower fathers and to ensure that they are receiving the guidance and resources they need to become and remain an integral part of the families they’ve co-created. Over this time, Joe has determined to go “all in” on not just disrupting poverty – but dismantling it. And he's making it happen. You can listen to Joe's episode of the Chief Growth Officer podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on the LNW site here:

In this episode of the Chief Growth Officer podcast, Joe Jones, Founder and CEO of the Center for Urban Families (CFUF), discusses how his passion for investing in the whole family -- to include oftentimes sidelined fathers -- shaped his vision for the Center and enabled outcomes that strengthen fam...

08/25/2020

We're pleased to announce that Insights and action steps from the first cohort of The Kresge Foundation and LNW national NextGen Initiative -- designed to help human services organizations create a better, brighter and more equitable future for individuals, families and communities -- are now available at nextgeninitiative.org.

07/30/2020

We are pleased to release the new Chief Growth Officer Podcast, hosted by LNW Executive Director Antonio Oftelie.

The podcast is for people who want to bring forward a new and better world and gives insight into how to change what seems unchangeable. The first episode is one close to my heart. It features Scott Thomson, former police chief of Camden, New Jersey, as he shares what it takes to truly transform policing from the ground up. (Be forewarned – you may shed some tears listening to what moved him to persevere.) In the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing more conversations with industry leaders like Don Allan, Executive Vice President and CFO of Stanley Black & Decker, on his work on breakthrough transformation; Joe Jones, President and CEO of the Center for Urban Families, and his amazing story of “dismantling poverty” in Baltimore; Kirsten Lodal, founder of LIFT, and her team’s movement to two-generation solutions to lift up families; and Carol Tome, CEO of UPS, as she discusses leadership during turbulent times, and many more.

The podcast features current leaders and change agents who are growing not only their organizational capacity but also their personal potential to design breakthrough ideas and business models, transform organizations and communities, and, most importantly – grow the future of outcomes and value.

You can listen to the Chief Growth Officer podcast on the LNW website at https://lnwprogram.org/content/chief-scott-thomson-and-transformation-camden-police-department. You can also subscribe and stream on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Please check it out and let us know what you think!

In this episode of the Chief Growth Officer Podcast, Scott Thomson, former police chief of Camden, New Jersey shares his unique perspective on what it takes to move a policing organization through phases of innovation and change, and how lessons learned can be applied to organizations of all types.

10/25/2019

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Health and Human Services Summit at Harvard! To prepare for this weekend, the LNW team has been channeling a quote by Frederick Douglass: “There is a prophet within us, forever whispering that behind the seen lies the immeasurable unseen.” Douglass’ insight reminds me of how special the innovators are that work in health and human services as they have the ability to SEE the potential in ALL people. And then they work like crazy to have an impact. We’re so grateful for their work. Over the past decade we’ve brought hundreds of the world’s leaders together to share and design policies and ideas to not only reduce poverty and insecurity, but also build up health communities, families, and individuals. We’ve built the Human Services Value Curve, which has become a global framework and theory of change in human services. And we’ve advocated in capitols and legislatures around the world for advancement of rights to health. This weekend we renew our purpose to lift up thriving families and communities. Our passion is to SEE each person in that work. And our impact is to make clear, see, and realize what is now the immeasurable unseen. It’s been a decade, but we’re just getting warmed up!

08/01/2019

The LNW team is thrilled to once again be the learning partner with The Kresge Foundation on the Next Generation of Human Services Organizations Initiative! We will be helping promising innovators in human services to improve their leadership and organizational capacity. Onward!

We are an institution that is deeply committed to sharing the lessons that result from our work with grantees and partners through storytelling, research and convenings.

06/27/2019

We all know change can be hard. Yet are there ways to make it easier? Maybe part of the “secret sauce” is to go back in time, remind yourself (and your teams) of the reason and value for your mission, and bring that resolve forward to the present.

As an example, when James O’Neill became the Police Commissioner of New York City in 2016, the department was in the midst of significant change. During the previous summer, the NYPD launched a neighborhood policing pilot program in four precincts. The goal was to test strategies for building trusting relationships between residents and police with the hope of further reducing crime and improving community safety. Some of these strategies proved successful, and the NYPD worked to expand the program, but there was plenty of resistance from stakeholders. It was up to O’Neill to make the case for neighborhood policing and lead the Department toward embracing new policing philosophy and practices. One of the first things O’Neill did was to reflect on his early times in policing as a beat cop riding the subway.

At my 2019 Public Safety Summit at Harvard University, in collaboration with Mark43, James O'Neill shared some of the change management lessons he's learned through his years in policing, and how those can be applied to make for a better, safer community.

Learn more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCfilfoSNe0&t=9s

When James O’Neill became the Police Commissioner of New York City in 2016, the department was in the midst of significant change. During the previous summer, the NYPD launched a neighborhood policing pilot program in four precincts. The goal was to test strategies for building trusting relationsh...

02/22/2019

Just launched! The case study “All in: The Story of Joseph Jones, Jr., the Center for Urban Families, and Their Mission to Dismantle Poverty.” Located in the heart of West Baltimore, Center for Urban Families (CFUF) serves an area that is beset with significant poverty, crime, and racial inequity. Founded in 1999 with a mission to “disrupt poverty,” CFUF has served more than 28,000 members, placed 3,779 members in full-time jobs from 2010 through 2016, and touched nearly 62,000 children whose parents were CFUF members. The organization has received national attention for its work, hosting President Barack Obama in 2013. During the visit, the President spoke about his upbringing without a father and lauded the fathers there for working with CFUF to change their lives. “For your sons to see you taking this path,” the President said, “that’s going to make all the difference in the world.” The case digs into how CFUF has evolved and grown its mission from “disrupting poverty” to “dismantling poverty,” and what it takes from the leadership perspective to drive change. LNW and The Kresge Foundation are debuting the case as part of the Kresge Next Generation Human Services Initiative, and we’ll be releasing the case study soon to the public.

01/23/2019

This year, in collaboration with Accenture and APHSA, LNW will bring forward the 10th annual Health and Human Services Summit. For a look-back on how the past Summit set the stage for the ten-year mark, check out the reflection and highlight video below. Then let us know your ideas for year ten!

https://lnwprogram.org/content/reflecting-2018-health-and-human-services-summit-designing-generative-outcomes

10/30/2018

This past weekend, LNW, Accenture, and APHSA, convened The 2018 Health and Human Services Summit: Designing Generative Outcomes. The Summit shared energy, inspiration, and fresh ideas to build, grow, and sustain ecosystems that will achieve new outcomes for children, families, and communities.

Dr. Antonio Oftelie began the Summit by looking to other times and other industries to examine the importance of designing effective ecosystems. We then learned about Illinois’ efforts to launch Integrated Health Homes, Connecticut’s Baby Bundle, and Ohio’s Office of Health Transformation and considered three pressing challenges theses states need to address to accelerate their efforts. As a community, we galvanized around these challenges and shared innovative solutions.

Together we entered the network of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, with Dr. Tom Feeley, to outline lessons on reorganizing care around patients, measuring outcomes and cost, paying for good outcomes, integrating service delivery systems, and building enabling technology platforms. Chief Hank Stawinski, of Prince George’s County, joined us to describe the county’s Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative, which has increased collaboration across government agencies, reduced crime, and improved outcomes that matter to citizens. Dr. John Friedman introduced us to Opportunity Insights and helped us consider how we can use data on factors that deeply impact whether or not a child prospers as an adult to design more effective interventions to generational poverty.

Finally, Dr. Nancy Koehn inspired us with her insights on courageous leadership from Abraham Lincoln and Rachel Carson, and reminded us that, “The world has never needed you to get better and better, more than it does now… Your role—the way you literally carry yourself—has never mattered more than it does now.”

Throughout the Summit, we had candid discussions about leading through uncertainty, harnessing data and analytics to craft new narratives, developing deep partnerships, moving upstream to address “the full iceberg,” leading transformations, and more.

We’re looking forward to keeping our momentum going and finding other opportunities to engage the power of this leadership group. Stay tuned for details on a follow-up Ideation Session. In addition, as next steps, we will capture key insights, ideas, and leadership questions that have emerged from the Summit, which will be released throughout the coming year.

09/20/2018

LNW is thrilled to announce that Antonio Oftelie, our Executive Director, and the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland has delivered a transformational plan for An Garda Siochana (Ireland’s national policing organization).

As a quick glimpse, the 100-page plan for the future of policing in Ireland revolves around human rights at the community level – with a renewed focus on preventing harm and protecting vulnerable people. The design is for an adaptive organization that is professional, modern, digital, and agile. And importantly, the plan lays out a new governance model that improves the accountability and transparency that generates public trust. You can read the report at policereform.ie.