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 […]
20 Ways to physically structure your office for collaboration
May 4, 2009 by · 4 Comments
Structure influences behaviour. How we design and build our offices will influence the way we work together. I just finished community expert Peter Block’s book Community: The Structure of Belonging. Combining some of the ideas presented in his book, along with a few other sources (also noted in this post), I thought it would […]
Building a collaborative project framework
April 4, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Building a collaborative project framework involves thinking about the connections between how we talk, what we talk about, and what happens afterwards. What kind of infrastructure supports making those connections? Two things I think are essential to structuring collaborative projects are: People need the places and opportunities to have the important conversations Those conversations need […]
