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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Take a different viewpoint

the importance of seeing more than one viewpoint when tackling a complex situation to build a clearer and more complete…

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The Three Steps of Authentic Collaboration

We can take comfort in three simple steps for working with others on our most challenging problems. These steps don’t…

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2021: A year of Frustration and Innovation

Disruption and uncertainty allow some old patterns to be discarded and new pathways to emerge.

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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.

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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.

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Just Try Stuff….

“Just try stuff” was about recognising that a key characteristic of a complex situation like a pandemic is uncertainty…

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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…

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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

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Turn rejection into collaboration

.....an example of ‘weaponizing’ rejection or disagreement..... And while rejection is frustrating, it’s still an…

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