Charlotte A. Clark
Ecosystem Infrastructure Catalyst
Let’s make collaboration the natural choice.
In communities with mature ecosystems and an abundance of resources --
Ecosystem gaps & barriers are met with building or acquiring more resources, because entrepreneurial support organizations struggle to adapt their resources to meet the evolving needs of businesses.Overlooked business owners and operators that utilize the support ecosystems and are left navigating through resources that are misaligned to their needs, causing confusion, stress, and failure. This limits their economic mobility and quality of life.Customization across existing resources requires cross-organizational collaboration, which tends to be complex and invisible work that’s rarely resourced or sustained. With limited collaboration efforts, the ecosystem reinforces silos and duplicative efforts.
It’s time for coordination to be visible, so that our entrepreneurial ecosystems can evolve.
As an Ecosystem Infrastructure Catalyst, Charlotte can --
Prototype Modular Infrastructure
Built to be open-source and commons-based so that support organizations maintain visibility and share community data effectively.
Build Capacity for Coordination
Iteratively designing practices and documenting emergent behaviors to maintain collaborative ties while working in complexity.
Maintain Neutrality & Empathy
Holding space for power dynamics and uncertainty while keeping an eye on the vision with no ownership of specific outcomes.
This Work is Grounded in
Place-based Context
Iteration & Adaptation
Servant Leadership
Capacity-Building
Stewardship & Durability
This Work is Detached from
Control or Scalability
Extraction or Displacement
Replacing Existing Leaders
Centralize or Condense
Savior Complex
