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.
October 9, 2023
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…
October 9, 2023
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…
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 9, 2023
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…
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 19, 2023
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