I had a great long-distance conversation with Evan Hoffman this week. Based in Ottawa, he is Executive Director of the Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN), a Canadian NGO, as well as being a Faculty member with the School of Peace and Conflict Management at Royal Roads University. Initially connecting with Evan through Twitter […]
CIIAN: Helping Nations build their conflict resolution capacity
Filed Under: Conflict Management, Frameworks for collaboration, Virtual Facilitation · Tagged: collaboration, dispute resolution, ICT, process design, social innovation
Meghalaya's Living Bridges: Multi-generation collaboration
In a world of “what’s in it for me” and short-term interests, its uplifting to see another way, a way where an individual’s contribution is not directly linked to final outcome, at least in their life time! Susanna Jani, colleague and author of the BC Distance Family Mediation Blog, thoughtfully, sent me the link to […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration · Tagged: collaboration, community, relationships, social innovation, systems thinking
Walk Out Walk On: Video Book Review
Walk Out Walk On. What a great title for a book. It could apply to many things. Yes? In this post it applies to the latest book from Margaret Wheatley, a book she co-authored with Deborah Frieze. Both women are associated with the Berkana Institute, an organization that believes “whatever is the problem, community is […]
Filed Under: Communication & Relationship Skills, Frameworks for collaboration · Tagged: books, collaboration, community, conversations, innovation, relationships, social innovation, systems thinking
Great collaborative workspaces are designed with diversity in mind
En route between visits to family in Vermont and rural Ontario, I spent a day in Toronto last week. Toronto is Canada’s most diverse city, and alongside New York, perhaps the most diverse in North America. While in Toronto, I had the good fortune to meet and chat with Tonya Surman, executive director of Canada’s […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration · Tagged: collaboration, community, social innovation, systems thinking
"Out" your assets to expose your collaborative potential
Each one of us has gifts to offer, whether you’re a bookkeeper, beekeeper, barber. Do you know the gifts of that person sitting across from you? Do you know what yours are? Your gifts are assets. Identifying and sharing those assets can increase the value of whatever situation, team, organization, neighbourhood, association, city, you are […]
Filed Under: Frameworks for collaboration, In my neighbourhood · Tagged: collaboration, community, community-of-practice, social innovation, South Jubilee, Victoria
