Collective impact is a powerful new concept: the idea that all actors that have a stake in a problem should work together to solve that problem.

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And I think that Democrats and Republicans can come together to solve this problem.

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Both Democrats and Republicans are going to have to think differently in order to come together and solve that problem.

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Asking a few targeted questions of customers, Jane realized that they were using the products together to solve a problem, but the combined products were cumbersome to use.

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Are there giant wheels turning together to solve my problem?

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And my hope is, is that the Republicans who have said no and have seen their party I think use some unfortunate rhetoric around this issue, my hope is, is that they come back and say, you know, this is something that we can work on together to solve a problem instead of trying to score political points.

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We must WAKE UP, assess our current situation honestly and work together to solve an economic problem that is surely easier to remedy than sending men to the moon.

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Very smart motivated people, love to work together and focused to solve the problem at hand.

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Everyone has to be willing to do their part to solve this problem, and everyone has to work together to turn this pattern around.

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And I know that together we are going to solve this problem.

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Before libraries and publishers can come together and agree how to solve the problem of library e-book lending, they probably will have to understand each other.

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This approach evolved over the years as we noticed how difficult it was for people to solve problems together without first getting clear on what the problem was.

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We put everyone together and started analyzing the best way to solve the problem.

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To solve this problem MTN is building a seamless network to tie onboard and on-shore systems together as part of a larger plan to enhance connectivity, regardless of where the passengers wishes to talk, text, or transfer data.

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