May 16, 2025
The facilitator’s art of managing time
A great gift we can give a group of people working together on something difficult is the gift of time. But there are always so many competing outcomes to…
September 5, 2023
Vote ‘Yes’ to Listening and Curiosity
When collaborating, don’t set up situations that become referendums on the question at hand. Rather, set up…
September 4, 2023
Down with Difficult Debates
With some simple skills and processes we can get out of our adversarial thinking and start learning together about what…
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…
March 8, 2023
Diving in to a collaboration mystery
How can organisations best avoid poor meetings and boring talkfests while finding ways to do productive work together?
August 11, 2022
The Diamond Ring of Decision-making
Let’s reframe our approach from groaning to growing, from solving to learning, from convergence on the answer, to…
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…
July 14, 2022
Resetting your collaboration
The relationship element is harder to see and trickier to deal with, but much more likely to allow smooth sailing when…
July 7, 2022
Sure signs it is time to reset your collaboration
How would you recognise that it’s time to reset your collaboration? Take a look at these signs.