October 3, 2024
You mean collaboration doesn’t mean lots more work?!
We think collaboration means lots of work, lots of talk, lots of meetings, lots of time and not all of it useful. But that's not inevitable.
August 8, 2023
Do Be Do Be Do Collaboration
Authentic collaboration requires us to do and be and do and be and do collaboration.
July 6, 2023
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…
June 19, 2023
The Computer on Mindsets
ChatGPT gives us a piece of its mind about collaborative mindsets
June 6, 2023
Exhausting Lessons in Communicating Across Barriers
Communicating in a foreign language is an enjoyable challenge, but it can be completely exhausting, which probably…
April 14, 2023
Whose Story Is It Anyway?
Inviting your stakeholders to write their own version of the story can be an essential component of success.
March 30, 2023
Oscar Winners, Net Zero and the Skills Gap
What are the skills of doing everything, everywhere, all at once to meet our Paris commitments?
March 21, 2023
Is there something other than ‘othering’
Can anyone point to a single example where positive and constructive outcomes have arisen from highlighting the…
August 10, 2022
From Groaning to Growing With Your Collaborators
When collaborating on difficult problems, that groaning you hear is the sound of old ideas fading and new ideas…
August 4, 2022
Being comfortable with discomfort
While the group’s inherent desire was to help “fix” the situation, there was a growing recognition that allowing people…
June 7, 2022
How to Disappear Completely
Rather than seeking more control to wrangle your stakeholders, it often pays to disappear, if not completely, then just…