Posts by Valerie Patrick
How Collaboration Enables a New Way for Bold Change
Ever wonder about the difference between strategic thinking and systems thinking and impact of collaboration? I quickly learned that these concepts have more in common than different. This led me to the conclusion that integrating strategic thinking, systems thinking, and collaboration together produces a powerful approach to bold change. Collaboration is a key ingredient to…
Read MoreLiking Won’t Cut Climate Change Collaboration Needs
We tend to like people that are similar to ourselves. If you like someone, as in a friend at school or in the workplace, then you naturally and effortlessly collaborate with them to solve each other’s challenges and figure out things to do together. However, collaboration leads to the best results when there are multiple…
Read MoreThe Values Tree of Collaboration
Most employees, managers, and executives value collaboration as a good thing to do. This begs the question of why isn’t collaboration a regular practice in organizations. I think it is because collaboration is tricky stuff. You bring together individuals each with their own emotional baggage. This baggage can manifest itself into dysfunctional group behavior, thwarting…
Read MoreThe Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff to Collaborate
Think of your best group experience. One in which you were proud of what the group you were a part of accomplished. Now contrast that with your worst group experience. Chances are that you developed a high affinity for all the members of the best group experience but not for all the members of the…
Read MoreCollaborate to Innovate
Have you ever wondered how you, your team, or your organization can improve your ability to innovate? Maybe it is time for you to look at your capacity for collaboration. Innovation is about implementing an idea to create value for an individual, an organization, society or any combination of these. Collaboration is when two or…
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