This workshop explores the strategies that transform conflict into innovation in cross-sector partnerships. Cross-sector (non-profit, public, and private) organizations join partnerships to address complex societal and management challenges. They are good for business, government, and society at large. However, cross-sector partnerships are not without controversy - they involve multi-sector stakeholders with diverging interests and opinions on how to achieve shared goals. As cross-sector groups enter partnerships, conflict emerges through difference of expectations and outcomes. The workshop focuses on the tradeoffs that occur between cross-sector groups, and how to leverage conflict for innovation. The workshop also focuses on the role a consultant should play in moderating conflict and mediating innovation, and whether this role should be confined to the mandate of the consultant or remains at their discretion. This workshop benefits management consultants, scholars, and practitioners in non-profit, public, and government sectors.
