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 […]
Funny Bones: Street Collaboration
August 8, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
We can learn a lot from good buskers. Take Funny Bones, a Japanese and UK duo, who performed at the Victoria International Buskers Festival recently. They were my favourite act. I love summer festivals! Here’s a Funny Bones promo clip (5 minutes duration): (Can’t see it? click here to watch on Youtube) With my business […]
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, […]
Use Participant Engagement Tools to help build consensus
May 21, 2012 by · 5 Comments
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 […]
