There are many ways of creating social change. For those looking for lasting systemic change, ‘ecosystem building’ has become a leading strategy. It involves building the infrastructure to support key actors to create change at multiple levels on the system at once.
While the impact of these ecosystems is promising, starting, bringing people along with you, devising an emergent strategy as you go, all present unique challenges that can be overwhelming and isolating for those in charge. Rachel Sinha & Tatiana Fraser know this feeling because they both started and co-led ecosystems in the UK and Canada respectively.