Severity: (open)
Frequency: (open)
Collaboration Phases: formation, setup, sustaining
Status: (open)
Description
Organizations consistently underestimate the structural investment required for effective multi-stakeholder collaboration. Collaboration is treated as secondary to “real work” instead of a discipline that needs explicit mandate, budget, role capacity, and operating expectations. As a result, facilitation is under-resourced, coordination stays ad-hoc, and initiatives lose momentum or underperform despite strong intent. The core issue is not willingness, but missing governance and resource allocation decisions that anchor what effective collaboration requires across participating parties.