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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What Can The Fonze Teach Us About Managing Water?

Water experts are under pressure to be just that – experts - and for most of us that means knowing our work.

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3 Waters and a Question of Trust

A high degree of trust will be necessary to allow a frank and honest discussion on what may be the appropriate…

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A Crazy Question for Water Managers

“I have always said that managing water is about managing people and managing relationships”.

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What IS a collaborative mindset?

I’ve just read a couple of articles posted to LinkedIn today that, in different ways, are practical demonstrations of a…

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Letting go of the need to know: an important water wise principle

Collaborative water planning requires us to not know, because it is only from a position of not knowing can we…

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The Project Manager Trap Part 2

The difference between a traditional project management approach and the collaborative mindset is significant. As we…

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Making a leadership choice

If we believe we can change the situation, but need to do this with rather than to others, then we need to ask…

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The Project Manager Trap

I see companies asking their project managers, who are experienced and competent in one way of working, to lead…

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The Cost of Doing Things For Your Collaborators

When we step back we create the space for others to step forward. In stepping forward the group assumes control and the…

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