How does your organization or collaborative learn from experience? How do you take the knowledge of your experts, make it available to those who need it, and create value in the process? Communities of Practice provide a great way to do this. Those communities are defined by Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William Snynder in […]
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Making it easy to build consensus and move forward together
How can I make it easier for people and organizations to build consensus and move forward together? That’s the question I try keep in front of me, as I go about the day-to-day of my business. And, here’s a simple mental model I created to help guide me in how I answer that question: This […]
10 Lessons on collaboration as taught by our musical brain
Music has been with humans since we first became humans, it has shaped the world through six kinds of songs: friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love. So demonstrates Daniel J. Levitin in his book The World in Six Songs – How the musical brain created human nature. I read this book with interest. I’ve […]