Am I Getting My Ducks in a Row, or Collaborating?

How do I know when I'm over-thinking and over-planning my engagement with stakeholders?

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Vote ‘Yes’ to Listening and Curiosity

When collaborating, don’t set up situations that become referendums on the question at hand. Rather, set up…

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Down with Difficult Debates

With some simple skills and processes we can get out of our adversarial thinking and start learning together about what…

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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…

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Do Be Do Be Do Collaboration

Authentic collaboration requires us to do and be and do and be and do collaboration.

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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…

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The Computer on Mindsets

ChatGPT gives us a piece of its mind about collaborative mindsets

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Exhausting Lessons in Communicating Across Barriers

Communicating in a foreign language is an enjoyable challenge, but it can be completely exhausting, which probably…

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Whose Story Is It Anyway?

Inviting your stakeholders to write their own version of the story can be an essential component of success.

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Oscar Winners, Net Zero and the Skills Gap

What are the skills of doing  everything, everywhere, all at once to meet our Paris commitments?

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Is there something other than ‘othering’

Can anyone point to a single example where positive and constructive outcomes have arisen from highlighting the…

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