The Loneliness of the Organiser: creativing collaborative habits

Have you ever tried to bring a group together to collaborate? The questions seem endless and start to wear you down, like drips of water on a stone. Who’d ever volunteer to organise this group again?

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The power of the right three letter word: creating collaborative habits

When did you first learn to be aware of the ‘but’ and change it to ‘and’?

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Do you know how to ask for help?

Are you good at asking for help? Do you know who to ask? And what to ask them?

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What bees and chickens can teach us about collaboration

A little inspiration from collaborative bees and chickens.

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How about sharing the platform to communicate?

Sharing information is integral to engagement. So is sharing the platform.

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Checking in

I’ve been doing a lot of checking in lately. Airlines. Hotels. And with groups who want to collaborate. You have to check in with a group but it doesn’t have to be like a ‘hippy trippy’ display of feelings and emotions.

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Sweet choices in community and stakeholder engagement.

What does dessert have to do with collaboration with community or stakeholders? It proved a great recipe for a deep conversation with a group recently.

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Road sage or road rage. Conflict and choices.

Two near misses on my bike last week got me thinking about how we respond to conflict in groups.

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