These are some of the people that you can collaborate with. I do. I am.

All the people in the world that make collaboration work; my team. Every time I visualize a new project to serve the interests of my clients and our shared future, I explore ways to “real-ize” my vision. In business and not for profits, we have great boards of directors. For solo-prenuers, I have always coached

What Is Perceived and How May It Affect How I Negotiate My Life (and our future)?

“The are no facts, only interpretations.” Friedrich Nietzsche In these days of turmoil, challenge, wall builders and opportunity, be conscious of your own interpretations. Shadows: A beautiful warm sunny day in Tulum, Mexico and a sense of adventure had me wanting a journey. I spoke to some travelers experienced in this area and a local

Is Collaboration Just an Event?

Our systems and organizational cultures are not functioning properly.  Our regulatory and legal system, too often fails both the proponent and the opponent. Why do we continue to waste time, resources and people on so many poorly managed projects? Break Through to Yes promises to deliver a method to make collaboration work for you and

Embrace Conflict: Circles and Oil Sands Pipelines

Embrace Conflict and Come Together; So much of what we believe is right and common sense does not seem like right or common sense to others. So much of what we believe is right and common sense in our profession and our industry does not seem like right   or common sense to others. The stakes

Three Rules of Conflict; Guest Blog Duncan Autrey

http://www.duncanautrey.com/ Three Rules of Conflict by Duncan Autrey While working on a series of border conflicts in Ecuador I came up with the “three rules of conflict and conflict resolution.” Yes, I know that conflict is too complex to be reduced to three rules. Nonetheless, these keep coming up, so I thought I’d share (explanations

Kirkus Review on Break Through To Yes

2016 Kirkus Review on Break Through To Yes http://l5t75)WYli7ymNMtoS “Canadian collaboration expert Savage (a contributor to Ready, Aim, Excel, 2012) offers a work that couldn’t be more timely. While it addresses organizational collaboration, this book could be interpreted more broadly as a treatise on building a cooperative culture within families, groups, businesses, and government. In

Why Not A Collaborative Global Initiative?

We live in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. Humanity faces global environmental, economic and human-based challenges of all kinds. Lasting solutions to these challenges require effective communication and learning across perspectives, cultures and sectors. At CGI, we believe humans are by nature collaborative. When people work together, allowing space to capture collective wisdom, we

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