Mediators Beyond Borders: Find out how you can get involved with Mediators Beyond Borders. Our Mission and Values People-Centered Peacebuilding: Chaos to Collaboration Prabha Sankaranarayan, President & CEO of MBBI, discusses its role as an international non-governmental organization building local skills for peace and promoting mediation worldwide Member Spotlight: David B. Savage, as President of Savage
Get Above the Conflict. Photo by David B Savage When you are in a conflict, come together to decide the best pathway to success. Coming together and designing together starts the collaborative process and starts to rebuild possibilities. Dispute Resolution Key Questions; In an increasingly short-term, task-oriented and competitive industry, how can we encourage more
Voices resonating with joy come to me from above. Skiing down to me through the trees, those voices are full of energy and excitement. At the age of nine and seven, my grandchildren, Quinn and Sara, find themselves in nature. I am full of joy and energy to experience skiing downhill through the trees. Ever
We have a rough and winding road from 2017 to 2020. And what is around that corner? Are there floods, tree falls, behind locked gates, or will we clear the way? What do we need to equip ourselves with to navigate to where we dream to be? Photo by David B. Savage Over the years,
Our barn is no longer serving us. In some ways, our barn is now a hazard. By barn, think of how we collaborate, innovate and unlock possibilities. Our regulatory, political, business and social structures are failing us. Rather than paint over or patch, Consider a redesign. Today, many focus solely on what’s in it for
Fractal Friends; “We’re a trickle right now in that creek and we actually know where we’re floating. Gravity is taking us to that ocean, but that drop of water, that we are separately, has no idea the journey we’re about to go on. And, definitely, this is not a smooth ride. There are lots of rapids. There
The United States and many parts of the world have developed an unfortunate culture of debating, and not listening or understanding the other side. We only have to watch the events of the 2016 US Presidential election. “I’m right and you are wrong!” People shout at each other, and fists start flying. It’s these extreme
International expert in organizational development, David B. Savage, presents a tried-and-true method for making collaboration work for you and your company. Boise, ID, 3/22/16 – It was, no doubt, a cynic and a naysayer who coined the phrase, “death by committee.” The eye-rolling and huffing inherent in the announcement that a project “needs approval from
From Conflict to Collaboration to Our Shared Future by David B. Savage, March 2016 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 community and our natural world does not
http://www.actionablebooks.com/en-ca/blog/what-exactly-is-collaboration/?platform=hootsuite “Collaboration is one of the most misused words today. It is thrown out in conversations without regard to what it actually means.” —Rod McKay, Chair, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Calgary, Alberta Our systems and organizational cultures do not function properly. Our regulatory and legal systems too often fail both the proponent and