Strategizing Across Organizations

ABSTRACT

Businesses, nonprofits, policy makers, and others frequently find it helpful to come together in networks of organizations to tackle large-scale challenges, such as COVID-19, extreme weather events, humanitarian disasters, or supply chain disruptions. But devising strategy in such meta-organizations is far different from strategizing within a single organization--and much more difficult. A new approach to collaborative strategy can help leaders in individual organizations work with others to achieve both shared and individual strategic priorities. Meta-organizations can range from tightly organized and well-established trade groups. Here, Ramírez et al discuss a methodology to help guide meta-organizations through the process of devising strategies collectively.