How do you shift the collaboration narrative?
If you want better outcomes from working together better, the case for a new business as usual is clear.
Is your collaboration fact or fairytale?
The truth is, in our fairytale we tell ourselves it’s about our stakeholders, but in reality it’s about us.
Just Try Stuff….
“Just try stuff” was about recognising that a key characteristic of a complex situation like a pandemic is uncertainty…
7 Keys to Co-Design: Lessons from the Pandemic
What are the co-design lessons from the pandemic that can be applied in the workplace and beyond? You will have your…
Even when they don’t want to collaborate, you have choices…
It is often framed as if being 'unwilling" is somehow not acceptable, whereas there are often other choices available
Turn rejection into collaboration
.....an example of ‘weaponizing’ rejection or disagreement..... And while rejection is frustrating, it’s still an…
When it comes to the jab, is there a vaccine against my own righteous certainty?
Even when I am feeling right, when my opinion seems self-evidently the correct one, I still have the choice to put my…
When the Bark is worse than the bite
I was fearful of having a hard conversation. But my fears were unrealised. I found the interaction actually useful and…
Tackling the relationship “elephant”
The reluctance for staff to reveal how they feel about working with others can often drive dysfunction rather than…
More data doesn’t solve the trust problem
When at daggers drawn, what is most needed is some real listening, authentic curiosity and genuine vulnerability.