ABSTRACT

The collaboratory idea stems from the visioning work of a large group initiative including scholars, artists, consultants, students, activists, and other professionals who worked together on the 50+20 vision. The philosophy of the collaboratory revolves around an inclusive learning environment where action learning and action research meet and where the formal separation of knowledge production and knowledge transfer dissolves. There are five dimensions to co-designing, co-creating and unleashing a collaboratory. These are: designing the entire process, inviting for the journey, creating the space and facilitating the event, designing and structuring the event, and understanding the larger context of the transformative journey. Theory U seeks to illuminate a critical blind spot related to the source dimension of effective leadership and social action. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.