A couple of weeks back, I posted 39 Insights into the makeup of innovative teams: From the 2009 IdeaConnection interviews. The insights I extracted after reading approximately 50 interviews, with leading innovation authors, on IdeaConnection, a company that connects business to creative and innovative people, from around the world. The majority of the interviews were […]
Leading innovation – More insights from the 2009 IdeaConnection interviews
January 3, 2010 by · 2 Comments
What hat will you wear, in your negotiations, in 2010?
December 29, 2009 by · 4 Comments
Our calendar says a new year is about to start. How do we want the coming year to play out for ourselves? What will we resolve to do? As a mediator, when the parties are at loggerheads, unable to leave their position, e.g., I’m right, he’s wrong, I often remind the folks that we all […]
The Cridge Centre for the Family: Why is it the longest serving non-profit society in B.C.?
December 23, 2009 by · 6 Comments
The Cridge Centre for the Family, in Victoria, was founded in 1873, and is the longest serving non-profit society in British Columbia. It provides social services and care to people of all ages, in the Greater Victoria community and beyond. How is it that The Cridge has continued to innovate, and remain a vital part […]
39 Insights into the makeup of innovative teams: From the 2009 IdeaConnection interviews
December 20, 2009 by · 4 Comments
To give businesses access to the world’s most creative and innovative people, who work collaboratively to solve problems and develop innovations. That is the mission statement of IdeaConnection, a company headquartered in Victoria, BC. In the spirit of access, IdeaConnection interviews leading innovation authors, and makes the interview notes available on their website. The majority […]
Parameters to consider if your organization wants to resolve its' disputes online
December 6, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
The more we interact online, the more disputes will happen in that medium. ODR (Online Dispute Resolution) is an extension of ADR (aka Alternative /Appropriate Dispute Resolution). ODR is becoming the defacto way to resolve cyberspace disputes. It only makes sense! There is some interesting things going on in the field of ODR. In late […]
Chief Mediation Officer: One of many ways to imbed the spirit of mediation in your organization
December 2, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
I came across this insightful article yesterday; Enhancing enterprise collaboration: the role of conflict and mediation, posted on Wikinomics. Authored by Marilyn Davison, it echoed a number of my own thoughts of how organizations can move to a truly collaborative culture, and a few other good ones I hadn’t thought about! A veteran of organizational […]
Magical moments in story telling and collaboration at TED India
November 27, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
I just watched three presentations from TED India, held earlier this month. Presentations from that conference are just now being released to the world. There are more to choose from. All of these videotaped presentations are under 20 minutes in length. They are the highest quality. Each tells a story. Each tells it in a […]
