The Betty Effect: silence is golden but what gold might be missed?

Betty and her conversation partners missed the chance to benefit from her perspective and insights.

Jacinta Cubis9 September 2019collaborability, collaboration, quietones, introverts, groupwork, workingwithgroups, collaborateComment

Get out of the way to lead collaboration

What skills do you think are needed to lead collaboration?

Jacinta Cubis2 September 2019Comment

How to build a collaborative conversation

The skills to build a collaborative conversation can be modelled, learned and practised.

Jacinta Cubis26 August 2019collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, skills, ability, groups, workingwithgroups, facilitation, facilitate, capabilityComment

Calling it out: creative collaborative habits

What skills does it take to call out behaviours that stifle collaboration?

Jacinta Cubis19 August 2019collaborability, collaboration, collaborate, collaborative, skills, behaviours, elephant in the room, courage, facilitation, groups, collaborability collaboration collaborate, collaborability collaborationComment

Re-frame: creating collaborative habits

Words matter when collaborating. An idea bravely expressed could be lost forever with an ill-considered, default response.

Jacinta Cubis12 August 2019collaborability, colllaborate, collaboration, communication, wordsmatter, facilitation, workingwithgroupsComment

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?

Jacinta Cubis5 August 2019collaborability, collaborate, collaboration solutions, collaborative, groups, workingwithgroups, facilitation, project management, changeComment

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’?

Jacinta Cubis29 July 2019collaborability, collaborative, collaboration, collaborate, words, habits, facilitation, facilitating, groupwork, workingwithgroupsComment

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?

Jacinta Cubis22 July 2019collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, stakeholders, partners, partnering, partnerships, engagement, leaders, leadership, help Comments

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