Just try stuff…. (or let’s call it experimentation)
One of the best explanations I’ve heard of how to work in a complex environment was from a client last year when I asked her how she now…
Manual focus on collaborative capability
I read an article last year by Dominik Vanyi about slow photography - how he found his brain effectively "rewired" by changing a long…
A Dangerous Idea- Love your Enemy!
I watched a TV news item recently where Govt bureaucrats were engaging with farmers on the Darling River about water allocation. It looked…
3 Waters and a Question of Trust
I was talking with a client recently who is tackling a tricky waste water infrastructure issue and I asked what had helped get progress in…
Collaboration and a Doubtful Mind
I was reading a SMH article on the weekend about political backflips and how we might instead welcome changed minds , and it reminded me…
The risk of your 'like' bubble
I am noticing more and more as I surf the web how my apps keep managing my feeds - identifying what I click, like, find, etc, and tailoring…
Struggling to Collaborate
One day a man was walking in the deep forest and he came upon a twig in the path. When he picked it up he saw that there was a cocoon…
Collaboration must be a choice
I have been experiencing some challenging client sessions where there was some resistance to learning a collaborative approach, as people…
I don’t know but together we might
A few years ago, we used a great video by Peter Bregman in our collaboration workshops about the power of being able to admit “I…
Collaboration and a doubtful mind
My favourite TV interviewer is Leigh Sales – from ABC 7.30 report. I like her even handed and probing way she questions in her…