The Long View

Writing that brings evidence, practice and rural realities together

What we can learn from chickens about collaboration

This three-part series looks at why groups struggle, what the science shows works, and how to make change stick and spread.

Collaboration:
a water scheme shows how

Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom found that successful groups built eight specific foundations proven to help them keep working together when things got tricky.

Walking towards pressure:
a Hansen game plan

When pressure builds, it's easier to avoid the hard stuff than stay with it. Steve Hansen built one of the greatest teams in history by playing the long game and helping them learn to stay with what's difficult - together. Photo: Wiki Commons. Stefano Delfrate