I cut my conflict management teeth on the work of Dr. Roger Fisher. His book, Getting to Yes, co-authored with William Ury, and first published in 1981, is the seminal book on interest-based negotiation theory and practice. Dr. Fisher died this week. He is a legend in the conflict resolution community. His legacy includes the […]
Bridge the Gap with Attitude
July 29, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
The London Olympics started a couple of days ago. The individual’s journey to a gold medal is a long one. You can bet a person’s attitutude plays a big part in that journey; realizing the dream; getting from here to there. Attitude might even be step 1, to bridging the gap? The Olympics reminded me […]
The Artist's Market: A lesson in marketing
July 24, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Last Saturday, I joined tens of thousands of others to walk the length of Moss St. in Victoria, to check out the work of over 150 invited professional and emerging artists. The event is called a “Paint-In”. I call it an Artist’s Market. The Moss St. Paint-In is in its 25th year. The Art Gallery […]
Co-facilitation is a value creation opportunity
July 16, 2012 by · 2 Comments
Sometimes you just have to give up something to get something. Case in point: collaboration. We give up a bit of personal autonomy for an outcome that’s greater than what we might have achieved on our own. Bottom line is that we and the customer/client both get more value. I’ve been formally working as a […]
True Collaboration: Thiagi and the Telephone Game
June 4, 2012 by · 2 Comments
We learn through play. And learning collaboration need be no different. Thiagi (aka Sivasailam Thiagarajani) is a master at creating engaging games for learning collaboration. Below is one of his games, ‘Surprising Sentence’, that I’ve re-printed (with permission of course) from his latest newsletter. I thought it a great example of learning by playing. And, […]
