We are our stories. Stories motivate us, for better or worse. Creating the story of your organization or community begs the question… what will you include in your story? And, how will you connect the dots, the discrete events in your organization or community’s life into some sort of collaborative whole? The challenge doubles […]
It’s not your fault: Move forward through collaboration
January 23, 2014 by · 2 Comments
Things aren’t what they used to be. The church knows that, quite well. Where I live (and odds are, where you live, too), the role of church in society has changed over the last generation. In large, its’ influence in society has decreased, at least if judged by declining church membership and attendance. […]
Picture Collaboration: An Illustrated Guide for Working Together to Solve Problems
January 20, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
People work together, collaborate, to solve problems. Yet, more often than not, getting to a place where you can say “problem: solved” comes with an array of challenges to navigate; negativity, uncertainty, silos, command and control, time, conflict, limited options, bad habits… obstacles to overcome. Picture Collaboration So, how do we collaboratively get from […]
Collaboration from a CIO’s perspective
January 16, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
Over the last few months, CIO Magazine has been posting snippets of a video interview of Sheila Jordan, SVP, Collaboration and Communication IT, Cisco Systems and Jim Love, CIO, IT World Canada. (Note: CIO stands for Chief Information Officer) The last snippets of that interview were aired this week. Having spent a previous career as […]
12 Things you should know as a Facilitator of effective “communications”
January 3, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
As a mediator and facilitator of various types of conversations, in-person and virtual, I’m always learning when it comes to being a better “communicator”. In 2013, I added to my list of insights on that front. For instance, did you know… Inter-personal communications is essentially the process of sending and receiving messages. The word […]
