At the Next Gen(D)eration Leadership Collective, we produce a series of activities to generate a positive impact on the global food system. These activities are guided by our Theoretical framework (TF): a conceptual model developed by NGLC to, in fact, have a long-term impact on decision-making processes that transform food systems and redress power imbalances in leadership.
Our TF is based on five nodes—and each of our activities takes at least two of them into account. Get to know them:
Relationships among individuals characterized by mutuality and trust, building a solid network that enhances understanding of challenges and strengthens their capacity to address them.
Related activities: Spotlight Dialogue Forums, Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Pods
A dynamic and relational sense of belonging to a group, through which individuals or subgroups recognize themselves—and are recognized by others—as part of a broader social entity that shares common values, goals, narratives, and norms.
Related activities: Spotlight Dialogue Forums, Storytelling Dialogue Forums, Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Pods
A belief shared by a group in its activity to act together to achieve common goals and generate desired changes. It strengthens motivation, increases resilience, and encourages community participation.
Related activities: Storytelling Dialogue Forums, Partnerships
Willingness of a group to act together in an intentional and interdependent way, mobilizing resources and capacities to face complex problems to achieve a common goal.
Related activities: Storytelling Dialogue Forums, Partnerships, Capacity Sharing
Actions generated through the cooperation and mobilization of individuals and groups united by a common goal who, by taking an intentional and rational stance, coordinate and strategically enhance their collective capacity to confront power structures to achieve that goal.
Related activities: Partnerships