In all honesty, the supply of good examples about how well collaboration works is almost endless. When I say good examples, I do not exclusively mean great collaboration stories. It is more about facets of collaboration that can be valuable to an increasing number of people who recognise […]
Collaboration is not a discretionary strategy: it is primarily an emergent business sustainability driver. A common habit of many managers is to aim for ‘low hanging fruit’ rather than taking a long term view. Meeting monthly sales budgets is a prerogative that leaves little room for risky and […]
One thing that I’ve noticed recently is the increased chatter about collaboration from various corners of governments when they talk about delivering services in partnership with the NFP sector. I am not alone. This is something many notice and discuss discreetly. A proper, open conversation has not fully […]
Top 5 Collaboration Quotes For some reason we seem to love quotes. So why not start this read with this list of quotes assembled by Sandra R Campbell on her blog. My favourite by far is from Edwin Land, an inspiring and original man. READ ON… Human […]
[An algorithm is a sequence of computational steps that transform input into output.] * For some time now I have been convinced that the future of sustainable social and economic enterprise will be in small entities that are better connected, rather than large entities who are rich in […]
‘Political Collaboration’ could be described as an oxymoron. Political parties usually pride themselves on the point of difference they have with their political competitors. It’s seen as their competitive advantage in their appeal to the voting public, despite the fact that often the public is actually sick of […]
Collaboration in 2014: 10 Predictions Predicting the future is big business. It is also tricky. But that doesn’t make it any less interesting or engaging. As far as predictions in respect to collaboration go, this piece by David Coleman is definitely worth noting. Without spoiling the pleasure of […]
12 Great Motivational Quotes for 2014 Geoffrey James from Inc. magazine collected these inspirational quotes from the likes of Cicero, Guy Kawasaki, Henry Ford, Seneca and many others. No matter what we do, there often comes a time when a bit of motivation from others may be needed. […]
Why Women Collaborate, Men Work Alone, And Everybody’s Angry Australia’s Governor General recently delivered this year’s Boyer Lectures that were a little refreshing compared to what has been served up to the engaged public recently. Specifically, I am impressed with the willingness of Ms Bryce to call things […]
More often than not, questions I am asked from people whose jobs require them to be collaborative and/or to implement collaborative approaches are related to how they can influence people around them to think more collaboratively. It is very common for collaboration practitioners to experience frustration when colleagues […]
Following on from the first part of this post (published last week), here are some of the resources that were shared at the micro-workshop, and which may be useful to the entire ROADMENDER network. What makes a good collaboration practitioner? I compiled this particular list based on some […]
The current state of play in respect to the way we deal with disasters, especially when it comes to the resilience element, resembles Abraham Maslow’s often repeated observation ‘when the only tool you have is a hammer then all the problems start to look like nails’. Over the […]
I recently spoke to a colleague who noted that collaboration is all the rage now. I suppose I never thought of collaboration as being űber cool, but I got the sentiment of the observation. Often, many things in business, government and life in general become popular at some point. […]
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