Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Collaboration Track

Each year, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative offers leadership and management training to 40 mayors from around the world, and to two senior officials from each mayor’s city who are most crucial to affecting organizational change. In addition, ten cities have the opportunity to participate in the collaboration track: an opportunity to advance the city’s ability to work across agencies, jurisdictions, and sectors to solve critical social challenges.

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2023

Matt Andrews and Salimah Samji taught PDIA in the Collaboration Track (January – May 2023). 79 city practitioners from Beaverton, Boston, Cleveland, Compton, Dearborn, Helsinki, Monterrey, Rochester, San Diego, and South Yorkshire participated in this program.

Salimah Samji presenting with red slide in background about working in teams — *The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative’s Cross Boundary Collaboration Track at Bloomberg Headquarters in New York, NY, February 13 – 17, 2023. (Photos by Craig Warga)*

Matt Andrews smiling with Bloomberg participants — *The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative’s Cross Boundary Collaboration Track at Bloomberg Headquarters in New York, NY, February 13 – 17, 2023. (Photos by Craig Warga)*

2023 Learning Journey Blogs

Revitalizing Downtown San Diego’s Civic Center NeighborhoodMay 26, 2023
Exploring Health Inequalities in South YorkshireMay 24, 2023
Street Homelessness in RochesterMay 22, 2023

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2022

Matt Andrews and Salimah Samji developed and taught four problem exploratory modules for the Collaboration Track in March & April 2022. 80 city practitioners from Baltimore, Bogota, Bristol, Green Bay, High Point, Kansas City, Hampton, Kitchener, Mannheim, and Scottsdale participated in this program.

Salimah Samji teaching in front of Bloomberg participants — *The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative’s Cross Boundary Collaboration Track convening at Bloomberg Headquarters in New York, NY, April 26, 2022. (Photos by Craig Warga)*

A crowded room of Bloomberg Harvard participants eating lunch — *The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative’s Cross Boundary Collaboration Track convening at Bloomberg Headquarters in New York, NY, April 26, 2022. (Photos by Craig Warga)*

2020

BSC began its collaboration with the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative on their Cross-Boundary Collaboration Track, by developing three problem exploratory online modules as part of the pre-work to be completed by participants in advance of their training in New York City. 72 city practitioners from Athens-Clarke, Austin, Buffalo, Chicago, Dayton, Phoenix, Rochester, San Francisco, St. Petersburg, and Winnipeg completed these exercises.