Less is more

A hiking weekend reminds us that a jam-packed agenda won't guarantee value, just exhausted participants.

Jacinta Cubis15 December 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Backstage pass

Ever wondered what goes on backstage?

A workshop participant wondered how much effort had gone into designing the session I had facilitated last week, and her comment got me thinking.

Jacinta Cubis8 December 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Perspective

After months of working within the same four walls, I needed a fresh perspective. The sort that comes from long beaches, high cliffs and wide oceans.

Where do you go to regain your sense of perspective or discover a new one?

Jacinta Cubis1 December 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Aqua profunda

I solve seemingly intractable problems when swimming laps. That’s ‘aqua profunda’. We stretch and move to stop us getting physically jammed up. Why don’t more of us move when we’re mentally jammed?

Jacinta Cubis24 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Diving beneath the surface with strangers

The three princes of Serendip travelled the world ‘making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of thing they were not in quest of…’. It’s been a week of serendipity as I’ve made discoveries in conversations with strangers.

Jacinta Cubis17 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Still warms the plates

Last week, I shared a short story on LinkedIn about the stoicism of my mum-in-law during Melbourne’s long, winter lockdown.

Jacinta Cubis10 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Think on your feet in front of the room

You may not call yourself a facilitator but if you help groups create plans, clients solve problems and teams get projects done, you need to know how to think on your feet.

Jacinta Cubis4 November 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

Etiquette = Respect

A little etiquette can go a long way when working online.

Jacinta Cubis27 October 2020collaborability, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative skills, soft skills, stakeholder engagement, groupwork, facilitate, facilitationComment

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