How can collective impact partners stay grounded and connected when values, priorities, or beliefs pull in opposite directions? This interactive session introduces two complementary tools polarity mapping and self-inquiry practices inspired by Byron Katie's The Work. Self-inquiry invites participants to look inward, examining how their own beliefs and assumptions may amplify polarities within the partnership field. Polarity mapping is a visual and facilitative tool that helps groups identify and navigate tensions between interdependent values - such as relationship and results, or stability and change - so both sides can be leveraged for the good of the whole. Through hands-on exercises and guided reflection, participants will practice seeing how the personal and collective mirror each other. Together, these tools offer a practical and reflective framework for sustaining authentic relationships, advancing equity, and building resilience in complex, multi-sector collaborations.

Learning Question:  How can partners in collective impact initiatives use polarity mapping and self-inquiry to transform differences into clarity and polarization into possibility, creating alignment, shared learning, and more equitable collaboration?