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.

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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…

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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…

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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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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

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