Potentially one of the toughest partnering principles to genuinely build is equity; and with it, the ability to name, disrupt and use power. Every individual, discipline and service in a partnership will hold and manifest different forms of power at different times. One tool folks working in HJP can try is the ‘power audit’, to help partners and partnerships pay attention to, work with and disrupt power.
A power audit will involve reflecting on:
- Where and in what contexts does each individual, discipline and service hold power?
- What sort of power?
- What resources and privileges are brought by that power?
- How is the power currently used and how might it be used differently?
Read more in Partnerships Director Lottie Turner’s blog post, Rumbling with the other ‘p’ in partnership: power.
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