Leadership, Convening, and Institutional Stewardship

​This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology programme at Newspeak House, open to faculty, fellows, and fellowship candidates only.

​Session by Faculty member Alex Vince

​Some kinds of power come from formal authority. Others come from convening, sense-making and helping groups act together. In complex systems, the ability to bring the right people into the right conversation at the right moment can be decisive.

​I can help fellows think about leadership as stewardship: creating the conditions for good people to do more good, building trust across boundaries, clarifying choices, and helping groups move without pretending conflict does not exist.

​This includes practical questions like: How do you design a useful meeting? How do you build a network that actually does something? How do you help senior people make better decisions? How do you create enough shared understanding for action?

​Recording: the whole session will be recorded.