No organization exists in a vacuum, each one operates in a wider ecosystem made up of a variety of stakeholders. For many organizations to secure funding they need to be able to demonstrate unique added value, while also showing how they are anchored in a larger ecosystem that collectively creates the stated outcomes and impact.

Understanding your position in your ecosystem and how that shifts and evolves over time is an essential component to achieving sustainable success.

As a part of this process organizations will understand:

> What impacts their organizational positioning
> Who is in their immediate ecosystem
> Who is doing what in the ecosystem
> What level of influence they have
> What is your priority and action plan based on this positioning
> How to keep track of this over time

Once an organization masters this and integrates it alongside the other 3 components they increase their runway to be more sustainably successful.