Extending our thinking to be wiser together
Creativity and generative thinking are very human too, and with the right encouragement any team can be more creative.
How to look at your project from another perspective
Like anything that helps us be more thoughtful, this tool is useful. Try it for yourself and be wiser together.
Why taking the risky action is the path to reducing risks
Circling the wagons is a natural response to stakeholder anger, but it's likely to increase the very thing you are…
Are you managing risks or managing outrage?
There is only a low correlation between the actual level of physical risk in a situation and the amount of concern it…
Vote ‘Yes’ to Listening and Curiosity
When collaborating, don’t set up situations that become referendums on the question at hand. Rather, set up…
Down with Difficult Debates
With some simple skills and processes we can get out of our adversarial thinking and start learning together about what…
Failing to Reach the Summit of Collaboration
The PM and his government were genuinely trying to do something different, but they invested hugely in the doing…
Do Be Do Be Do Collaboration
Authentic collaboration requires us to do and be and do and be and do collaboration.
Isn’t it great that we disagree?
We often see divergent views as a barrier to collaboration, but I believe that the much bigger problem is that we see…
ChatGPT’s take on Collaboration
In this first ever blog post for us written by ChatGPT we learn what the computer says about the value of collaboration