Am I Getting My Ducks in a Row, or Collaborating?
How do I know when I'm over-thinking and over-planning my engagement with stakeholders?
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…
Vote ‘Yes’ to Listening and Curiosity
When collaborating, don’t set up situations that become referendums on the question at hand. Rather, set up…
Down with Difficult Debates
With some simple skills and processes we can get out of our adversarial thinking and start learning together about what…
Do Be Do Be Do Collaboration
Authentic collaboration requires us to do and be and do and be and do collaboration.
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…
Diving in to a collaboration mystery
How can organisations best avoid poor meetings and boring talkfests while finding ways to do productive work together?
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…
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…