Power in Partnership.

The spirit of cross-system collaboration is central to Rulo Strategies’ mission and is captured in our organization’s name. In 1880, John Venn developed what has become known as the Venn diagram to illustrate the relationship between two or more data sets. The place where three or more data sets overlap or intersect in the middle of a Venn diagram is known as the Reuleaux triangle. Our name, Rulo Strategies, is inspired by the idea that the space in the middle that cuts across discipline and ideology is where our clients will find the solutions to the most pressing criminal justice and behavioral health challenges facing our nation’s communities.

Rulo Strategies is a small, woman-owned business focused on supporting and evaluating initiatives designed to foster collaboration between diverse stakeholders with distinct but complementary

missions. Multi-disciplinary collaborations are fundamentally different from traditional teamwork. They leverage and align specific resources and expertise from each entity in pursuit of a common, shared goal. Multi-disciplinary collaborations produce creative solutions that no single agency or entity can generate on their own. Team members share responsibility for defining their mutual goals and establishing the boundaries of their shared work in a way that respects each entity’s unique mission. Collaborators are equal partners in problem-solving and the development of solutions. This work requires trust, vulnerability, creativity, flexibility, negotiation, and respect among all members of the team and the leadership of their respective agencies.