“I hit a crazy shot that I saw in my head.” That’s what Bubba Watson said, after hitting a miracle shot on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, at the Masters Golf tourney last month. I was watching on TV. And, here’s what it looked like: (if you […]
Use Participant Engagement Tools to help build consensus
A week ago, I was hanging out in Halifax, as a participant in the week-long International Association of Facilitator’s annual North America conference. I was there to connect in-person with some colleagues I’ll be doing some work with, as well as to learn. And learn I did. I self-refer as a mediator first, and facilitator […]
Online Dispute Resolution is a green business
Collaboration is good. There can be a result that flows from people working together, that surpasses the sum of their individual contributions. Such is the case with ODR: The next green giant, a paper authored by Noam Ebner (@NoamEbner on Twitter) and Colleen Getz, with background support from Susanna Jani (@DistanceProject). It’s about ODR (Online […]
Nowhere Else on Earth
With good collaboration, anything is possible. Collaboration in the Rain Forest Up the coast from where I live in British Columbia is a one of our worlds natural treasures, the Great Bear Rain Forest. Its the context for an epic collaboration, involving environmental groups, government, forest industry and First Nations. Its also the context for […]
Puente Theatre: Community Innovation
It’s from the edges of our life that some of our greatest opportunities for learning and growth come. I can safely say theatrical experience is at the edge of my life. So, when I met with the Lina de Guevara this week, for a conversation, I knew I was going to discover some new things. […]